1. The Commonwealth of the Bahamas, or Bahamas for short, is an island nation located on the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
2. The Bahamas is located east of Florida, north of Cuba and the Caribbean Sea, opposite the southeast coast of Florida, and north of Cuba.
3. The Bahamas contains 700 islands and coral reefs, the archipelago extends from northwest to southeast, 1220 km long, 96 km wide, land area of 13,878 square kilometers, composed of more than 700 islands (30 of which are inhabited) and more than 2,400 coral reefs, with a total land area (including waters) of 259,000 square kilometers.
4. Most of the islands in the Bahamas are low-lying, with a maximum altitude of only 63 meters and no rivers. It has a subtropical climate with an average annual temperature of 23.5 °C.
5. The Bahamas is divided into 31 districts and 19 island groups, with local commissioners on the main islands of New Providence (where the capital is Nassau), Grand Bahamas, Andros, Abaco, Ilyusera and so on.
6. The flag of the Bahamas was inaugurated on 10 July 1973 and is in the form of a horizontal rectangle with a length-to-width ratio of 2:1. The flag is made up of black, blue and yellow.
On the side of the flagpole is a black isosceles triangle; On the right are three parallel wide bars, blue above and below and yellow in the middle. The black triangle symbolizes the unity of the people of the Bahamas in developing and utilizing the island nation's land and sea resources; Blue symbolizes the ocean surrounding the island nation; Yellow symbolizes the island nation's beautiful sandy beaches.
7. The coat of arms of the Bahamas was inaugurated on December 7, 1971, and the emblem of the national emblem is a yellow sailing ship riding the wind and waves on the ocean to commemorate the historical fact that Columbus discovered the island on his first voyage to the Americas in October 1492. In the blue sky, a golden morning sun symbolizes the rising sun of this newborn country.
The emblem is adorned with a helmet decorated with blue and white garlands, and a conch backed by green iron trees, rendering the bahamas island style. To the left of the coat of arms is a blue sailfish rising in the air amidst the waves, showing the developed fishing industry in the Bahamas; On the green ground on the right is a pink, elegant red stork, the national bird of the Bahamas. Hanging from the base of the national emblem is a yellow and blue ribbon with the motto "Step forward, progress together".
8. Red stork, also known as fire stork (flamingo). The Bahamas is known as the "bird kingdom" of Latin America, the country's area is only more than 13,900 square kilometers, but there are more than 200 species of birds, of which there are more than 50,000 red storks, the world's largest number of red storks, has the "red stork homeland" praise.
9. In 2017, the Bahamas had a population of 372,000, of which 90.6% were black, 4.7% were of white European and American descent, and 2.1% were of mixed race, with the majority of residents believing in Christianity. The official language is English.
10. The Bahamas is rich in seafood resources, including oil, natural gas, salt and so on. Arable land is scarce, fresh water is scarce and agricultural resources are limited.
11. Pakistan followed the British political system and implemented a constitutional monarchy.
12. Tourism and finance are the pillar industries of the national economy, and the ship service industry is an important sector of the national economy.
13. The Bahamas is rich and wealthy, so it has implemented various high welfare policies such as free medical care, free education, high pensions, and food subsidies.
14. The name Bahamas is said to come from Columbus, when he arrived here, he saw that it was full of shoals, and he spoke a Spanish word, pronounced "Bazama", which means shoal or shallow water, so the Bahamas is also called "island in the shallow sea".
15. In 2014, China and the Bahamas signed a mutual visa-free agreement, where everyone can go to the Bahamas without a visa, but each stay does not exceed 30 days.
16. The public library in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, was originally a prison.
17. There is a pink sand beach in the Bahamas, which is known as the "best color on earth". The cause of formation is that red corals are washed by seawater, forming a powder.
18. In the Bahamas there is the deepest blue hole in the world, and at a glance, the phobia of the deep sea rises sharply.
19.The Bahamas is the black country with the highest per capita GDP in the Western Hemisphere, after the United States and Canada; It is also the richest black country in the Western Hemisphere and the Caribbean.
20. The Bahamas is a well-known tourist destination and is one of the top destinations for swimmers and surfers. The most famous here is the Atlantis Hotel on Paradise Island, which is actually a playground, eating, drinking and having fun.