Bahamas, dzina lonse la Bahamas, limakhala ndi makilomita 13,939 ma kilomita. Ili ku Bahamas, kumpoto kwenikweni kwa West Indies. Mosiyana ndi gombe lakumwera chakum'mawa kwa Florida, kumpoto kwa Cuba. Amapangidwa ndi zilumba zoposa 700 zazikulu ndi zazing'ono komanso miyala yoposa 2,400 ndi miyala yamchere yamchere. Zilumbazi zimayambira kumpoto chakumadzulo mpaka kumwera chakum'mawa, makilomita 1220 kutalika ndi 96 kilomita mulifupi. Zilumba zazikulu 29 zokha ndizomwe zimakhala. Zilumba zambiri ndizotsika komanso zosalala, zokhala ndi mita 63 ndipo mulibe mitsinje. Zilumba zazikulu ndi Grand Bahama, Andros, Lyusella ndi New Providence.Zilumba zazikulu 29 zokha ndizomwe zimakhala. Tropic of Cancer imadutsa pakatikati pazilumbazi ndipo nyengo ndiyabwino.

Bahamas akhala akukhalamo nthawi yayitali ndi Amwenye. Mu Okutobala 1492, Columbus adafika pachilumba cha San Salvador (Watlin Island) mkatikati mwa Bahamas paulendo wake woyamba wopita ku America. Oyamba ochokera ku Europe adafika kuno mu 1647. Mu 1649, Kazembe wa Britain ku Bermuda adatsogolera gulu la Britain kuti lilowe kuzilumbazi. Mu 1717 Britain idalengeza Bahamas ngati koloni. Mu 1783, Britain ndi Spain adasaina Pangano la Versailles, lomwe lidatsimikizidwa mwalamulo ngati umwini waku Britain. Kudziyimira pawokha kunachitika mu Januware 1964. Inalengeza ufulu pa Julayi 10, 1973 ndikukhala membala wa Commonwealth.

Mbendera yadziko: Ndi rectangle yopingasa yolumikizana ndi kutalika kwake mpaka m'lifupi mwa 2: 1. Pamwamba pa mbendera pamakhala wakuda, wabuluu komanso wachikasu. Mbali ya flagpole ndi makona atatu akuda ofanana; mbali yakumanja ndi mipiringidzo itatu yofananira, pamwamba ndi pansi ndi yabuluu, ndipo pakati ndichikasu. Makona atatu akuda akuimira umodzi wa anthu aku Bahamas kuti apange ndikugwiritsa ntchito zida zam'madzi ndi zam'madzi pachilumbachi; buluu akuimira nyanja yoyandikira chilumbachi; chikasu chikuyimira magombe okongola azilumbazi.

Bahamas ili ndi anthu 327,000 (2006), pomwe 85% ndi akuda, ndipo ena onse ndi mbadwa za azungu aku Europe ndi America komanso mafuko ochepa. Chilankhulo Chovomerezeka ndi Chingerezi. Anthu ambiri amakhulupirira Chikhristu.

Bahamas ali ndi chuma chambiri chodyera, ndipo Bahamas ndi amodzi mwa malo ofunikira kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Zokolola zazikulu ndi zokoma, tomato, nthochi, chimanga, chinanazi ndi nyemba. Makampaniwa amaphatikizapo kupanga mabwato, simenti, kukonza chakudya, kupanga vinyo, ndi mafakitale opanga mankhwala. Bahamas ndi amodzi mwamayiko olemera kwambiri ku Caribbean, ndipo zokopa alendo ndizotsogola pachuma.

Nassau: Nassau, likulu la Bahamas, lili kumpoto kwa New Providence Island, makilomita 290 okha kuchokera ku Miami ku United States. M'nyengo yotentha, imayendetsedwa ndi mphepo yakumwera chakum'mawa, kotentha pafupifupi 30 ℃; m'nyengo yozizira, imakhudzidwa ndi mphepo yakumpoto chakum'mawa kotentha pafupifupi 20 ℃. Nyengo imakhala yozizira kuyambira Januware mpaka Marichi, kutentha pang'ono kuyambira Juni mpaka Seputembala, komanso nyengo yamvula kuyambira Meyi mpaka Disembala. Bahamas ndi malo omwe mphepo zamkuntho zimayenera kudutsa, chifukwa chake Nassau nthawi zambiri amaopsezedwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho kuyambira Julayi mpaka Okutobala chaka chilichonse. Nassau anali mudzi waku Britain m'ma 1630 ndipo adakhala tawuni yayikulu mu 1660, yomwe nthawi imeneyo inkatchedwa "Charlestown". Wotchedwa Nassau, Kalonga waku England mu 1690. Mzindawu unakhazikitsidwa mwalamulo mu 1729, ndipo dzina loti "Nassau" likugwiritsidwabe ntchito mpaka pano.

Nassau ndiye malo azikhalidwe komanso maphunziro ku Bahamas.Pali University of Bahamas yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ku 1974. University yotchuka ya West Indies ili ndi dipatimenti yojambula apa. Kuphatikiza apo, Nassau ali ndi Queens College, St. Augustine College, St. John's College ndi St Anne's College.

Nassau ili ndi malo ambiri odziwika bwino komanso malo owonera malo, monga Nyumba ya Bwanamkubwa yomwe ili ku Fitzwilliam Hill kumwera kwa mzindawu.Pali chifanizo chachikulu cha Columbus kutsogolo kwa nyumbayi kuti chikumbukire woyendetsa wamkulu yemwe adakwera koyamba ku Bahamas; Rosen Square mkatikati, momwe nyumba yamalamulo, makhothi ndi boma zakhazikika; Black Beard Tower nthawi ina inali nsanja yogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi achifwamba m'mbuyomu; pali nsanja yamadzi ya 38 mita ku Bennett Hill kumwera kwa mzindawu, yomwe imayang'ana ku Nassau konse Mzindawu ndi Chilumba chonse cha New Providence; kumadzulo kwa doko kuli Charlotte Fortress, yomwe idatsutsa achifwamba; palinso "nyanja park" kum'mawa kwa Nassau, komwe alendo amatha kutenga bwato lagalasi kuti asangalale ndi mawonekedwe am'madzi.