BAHamas IslandsWhether you know this or not, there are 14 major islands making up the Bahamas, and we are going to tell you about all of them so that you find the island that is perfect for you! The top ten islands in order of population are, Nassau, New Providence; Freeport, Grand Bahama; West End, Grand Bahama; Coopers Town, Abaco; Marsh Harbour, Abaco; Freetown, Eleuthera; High Rock, Grand Bahama; Andros Town, Andros Island; Spanish Wells, Eleuthera; and Clarence Town, Long Island. Nassau is by far the most populated because it has a stunning population of 238,132 people. While Freeport, Grand Bahama has 47,085 people.The Bahamas does not have an army or an air force. Its military is composed of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (the R.B.D.F.), the navy of The Bahamas. Under The Defence Act, the R.B.D.F. has been mandated, in the name of The Queen, to defend The Bahamas, protect its territorial integrity, patrol its waters, provide assistance and relief in times of disaster, maintain order in conjunction with the law enforcement agencies of The Bahamas, and carry out any such duties as determined by the National Security Council.
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How they were discoveredIn 1492, Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the Western Hemisphere in The Bahamas.
Spanish slave traders later captured native Lucayan Indians to work in gold mines in Hispaniola, and within 25 years, all Lucayans perished. In 1647, a group of English and Bermudan religious refugees, the Eleutheran Adventurers, founded the first permanent European settlement in The Bahamas and gave Eleuthera Island its name. Similar groups of settlers formed governments in The Bahamas until the islands became a British Crown Colony in 1717. |