Bahamas, izina ryuzuye rya Bahamas, ifite ubuso bwa kilometero kare 13.939. Iherereye muri Bahamas, igice cyo mu majyaruguru ya Indaya y'Uburengerazuba. Kuruhande rw'amajyepfo y'iburasirazuba bwa Floride, mumajyaruguru ya Cuba. Igizwe n'ibirwa birenga 700 binini kandi bito n'ibitare birenga 2,400 hamwe na korali ref. Ikirwa cyahereye mu majyaruguru y'uburengerazuba kugera mu majyepfo y'uburasirazuba, uburebure bwa kilometero 1220 n'ubugari bwa kilometero 96. Ibirwa binini 29 gusa bifite abaturage. Ibyinshi mu birwa biri hasi kandi biringaniye, bifite uburebure buri hejuru ya metero 63 kandi nta nzuzi. Ibirwa nyamukuru ni Grand Bahama, Andros, Lucera na New Providence.Ibirwa 29 gusa ni byo bifite abaturage. Tropic ya Kanseri inyura mu gice cyo hagati y’ibirwa kandi ikirere ni cyoroshye.

Bahamas kuva kera ituwe nabahinde. Mu Kwakira 1492, Columbus yageze ku kirwa cya San Salvador (Ikirwa cya Watlin) muri Bahamas rwagati mu rugendo rwe rwa mbere yagiriye muri Amerika. Abimukira ba mbere b’abanyaburayi bageze hano mu 1647. Mu 1649, guverineri w'Ubwongereza wa Bermuda yayoboye itsinda ry'Abongereza kwigarurira ibyo birwa. Mu 1717, Ubwongereza bwatangaje Bahamas ubukoloni. Mu 1783, Ubwongereza na Espagne byashyize umukono ku masezerano ya Versailles, byemejwe ku mugaragaro ko ari abongereza. Ubwigenge bw'imbere bwashyizwe mu bikorwa muri Mutarama 1964. Yatangaje ubwigenge ku ya 10 Nyakanga 1973 maze iba umunyamuryango wa Commonwealth.

Ibendera ryigihugu: Ni urukiramende rutambitse rufite igipimo cy'uburebure n'ubugari bwa 2: 1. Ubuso bwibendera bugizwe numukara, ubururu n'umuhondo. Uruhande rwibendera ni mpandeshatu yumukara iringaniye; uruhande rwiburyo ni utubari dutatu twagutse, hejuru no hepfo ni ubururu, naho hagati ni umuhondo. Inyabutatu yirabura ishushanya ubumwe bwabaturage ba Bahamas mugutezimbere no gukoresha umutungo wubutaka ninyanja mugihugu cyizinga; ubururu bugereranya inyanja ikikije igihugu cyizinga; umuhondo ugereranya inyanja nziza yigihugu.

Bahamas ituwe n'abaturage 327.000 (2006), muri bo 85% ni abirabura, naho abasigaye bakomoka ku bazungu b'Abanyaburayi n'Abanyamerika ndetse na bake. Ururimi rwemewe ni Icyongereza. Abenegihugu benshi bizera ubukristo.

Bahamas ikungahaye ku mutungo w'uburobyi, kandi Bahamas ni hamwe mu hantu h'uburobyi bukomeye ku isi. Ibihingwa nyamukuru ni byiza, inyanya, ibitoki, ibigori, inanasi n'ibishyimbo. Inganda zirimo gukora ubwato, sima, gutunganya ibiryo, gukora vino, ninganda zimiti. Bahamas ni kimwe mu bihugu bikize cyane muri Karayibe, kandi ubukerarugendo bufata umwanya wa mbere mu bukungu bw'igihugu.

Nassau: Umurwa mukuru wa Bahamas, Nassau (Nassau) uherereye ku nkombe yo mu majyaruguru y'ikirwa cya New Providence, ku birometero 290 gusa uvuye i Miami muri Amerika. Nassau ifite ikirere gishyuha.Mu mpeshyi, igengwa n’umuyaga uva mu majyepfo y’iburasirazuba, hamwe n’ubushyuhe bwo hagati ya 30 ℃; mu gihe cy'itumba, byibasirwa n’umuyaga uva mu majyaruguru y’iburasirazuba ufite ubushyuhe buri hagati ya 20 ℃. Ikirere gikonje kuva muri Mutarama kugeza muri Werurwe, ubushyuhe buke kuva muri Kamena kugeza muri Nzeri, ndetse n’imvura igwa kuva muri Gicurasi kugeza Ukuboza.Bahamas ni ahantu hagomba guhuhuta mu turere dushyuha, bityo Nassau ikunze kwibasirwa n’umuyaga kuva muri Nyakanga kugeza Ukwakira buri mwaka. Nassau yari umuturage w'Abongereza mu myaka ya 1630 maze atera imbere mu mujyi munini mu 1660, icyo gihe witwaga "Charlestown". Yiswe Nassau, Umuganwa w'Ubwongereza mu 1690. Uyu mujyi washinzwe ku mugaragaro mu 1729, kandi izina "Nassau" riracyakoreshwa na n'ubu.

Nassau nikigo ndangamuco nuburezi cya Bahamas.Hariho kaminuza ya Bahamas yashinzwe mu 1974. Kaminuza izwi cyane ya West Indies ifite ishami ryubuhanzi hano. Byongeye kandi, Nassau afite Ishuri Rikuru rya Queens, Mutagatifu Agusitini, Ishuri Rikuru rya Mutagatifu Yohani na Koleji ya St Anne.

Nassau ifite amateka menshi n’ahantu nyaburanga, nk’ingoro ya Guverineri iherereye ku musozi wa Fitzwilliam mu majyepfo y’umujyi. Hano hari igishusho kinini cya Columbus imbere y’ibwami cyo kwibuka umusare ukomeye winjiye bwa mbere muri Bahamas; Ikibanza cya Rosen kiri muri iki kigo, aho inteko ishinga amategeko, inkiko na guverinoma byibanda; umunara w’ubwanwa bw’umukara wahoze ari umunara w’indorerezi wakoreshwaga n’abambuzi mu bihe byashize; hari umunara w’amazi wa metero 38 ku musozi wa Bennett mu majyepfo y’umujyi, utareba Nassau yose. Umujyi hamwe n'ikirwa cyose cya New Providence; mu burengerazuba bw'icyambu hari igihome cya Charlotte, cyarwanyaga ba rushimusi; hari na "parike y'inyanja" mu burasirazuba bwa Nassau, aho abashyitsi bashobora gufata ubwato bw'ikirahure kugira ngo bishimire ibyiza byo mu mazi.