Welcome
 Welcome to the Bahamas
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent, sovereign, English-speaking country consisting of two thousand cays and seven hundred islands that form an archipelago. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of the United States; north of Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic & Haiti) and the Caribbean Sea; and northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Its size is almost 14,000 km² with an estimated population of 330,000. Its capital is Nassau. It remains a Commonwealth realm.
CIPORE Focal Point Office
Bryan Taylor
Bahamas Electricity Corporation
Blue Hill & Trucker Road, Nassau,
Bahamas
Work: 242-302-1599
Fax: 242-323-6852
E-Mail: bryant@cipore.org
Gilles Deal
Ministry of the Environment
Dockendale Building
West Bay Street, P.O. Box N 3040
Nassau, The Bahamas
Work: 242-322-4546 or 242-328-2701
E-Mail: gildeal@hotmail.com
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Fast Facts
- Capital: Nassau
- Official languages: English
- Demonym: Bahamian
- Government: Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy
- Independence: July 10, 1973
- Area: 13,878 km2 / 5,358 sq mi
- Population: 330,549 (est 2007)
- Currency: Bahamas Dollar
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RE Snapshot
- RE Interests: Solar, biofuels
- RE Target: Not Yet Announced (NYA)
- Utility Company: Bahamas Electricity Corporation
- RE in Grid Supply: No
- Energy Institutions: Bahamas Electricity Corporation, National Energy policy Committee, Ministry of Environment
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