Nassau, Bahamas
Ceety o Nassau | |
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 Walcome tae Nassau | |
| Motto(s): Forward, Upward, Onward, Thegither | |
  Ceety o Nassau | |
| Coordinates: 25°4′N 77°20′W / 25.067°N 77.333°W | |
| Kintra |  Bahamas |
| Island | New Providence |
| Rebiggit/Renamed | 1695 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 207 km2 (80 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 248,948 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| • Metro density | 1203/km2 (3,120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 242 |
Nassau is the caipital, lairgest ceety, an commercial centre o the Bahamas. The ceety haes a population o 248,948 (2010 census), 70 percent o the entire population o the Bahamas (353,658). Lynden Pindling Internaitional Airport, the major airport for the Bahamas, is locatit aboot 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) wast o Nassau ceety centre, an haes daily flichts tae major ceeties in the Unitit Kinrick, Unitit States, Canadae an the Caribbean. The ceety is locatit on the island o New Providence, that functions much like a business destrict. Nassau hooses the Hoose o Assembly an various judicial depairtments. Nassau is considered a historical stranghauld o pirates.
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