Bahamas — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

Explore Bahamas: capital Nassau, population, flag, geography, languages, history and culture.

Bahamas is in North America. Its capital is Nassau.

Climate

Tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of the Gulf Stream; hurricanes July to October

Long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills; highest point only 63 meters

The Bahamas has the clearest water on Earth with visibility up to 60 meters.

Columbus first landed in the New World on San Salvador Island in the Bahamas in 1492.

The Bahamas consists of over 700 islands, but only about 30 are inhabited.

1492: Columbus makes his first landfall in the New World at San Salvador Island

1718: Woodes Rogers appointed as Royal Governor to suppress piracy

1834: Emancipation of slaves throughout the British Empire

1973: The Bahamas gains independence from the United Kingdom

2019: Hurricane Dorian devastates the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama