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Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change

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Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change

S. George Philander

Pub. date: 2008 | Online Pub. Date: April 25, 2008 | DOI: 10.4135/9781412963893 | Print ISBN: 9781412958783 | Online ISBN: 9781412963893| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.

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Bahamas

Justin Corfield

LOCATED IN THE Caribbean, the Bahamas consists of an archipelago of more than 700 islands that cover about 100,000 sq, mi, (160,934 sq, km.) of ocean, and a land area of only 5,378 sq, mi, (13,878 sq, km.). It has a population of 323,000 (2003 est.), with a population density of 60 people per sq, mi, (23,27 per sq, km.), although on the island of New Providence in the capital of Nassau, there are 4,402 people per sq, mi, (1,693 per sq, km.). Much of the economy of the nation comes from tourism, with only one percent of the land arable, and 32 percent of the land Traditionally, ...

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