{"id":244,"date":"2019-11-01T13:14:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T13:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2019-11-29T13:34:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T13:34:42","slug":"bahamas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/countries-in-action\/bahamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bahamas-162236_640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bahamas-162236_640.png 640w, https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bahamas-162236_640-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bahamas consists of about 700 islands and numerous cays. Area: 5,382 sq mi (13,939 sq km). Population (2009 est.): 342,000. Capital:&nbsp;Nassau (on New Providence Island). The people are of African and European ancestry, a legacy of the slave trade. Language: English (official). Religion: Christianity (mostly Protestant; also Roman Catholic, other Christians). Currency: Bahamian dollar. Chief among the islands, from north to south, are Grand Bahama, Abaco, Eleuthera, New Providence, Andros, Cat, and Inagua; New Providence has most of the population. All are composed of coralline limestone and lie mostly only a few feet above sea level; the highest point is Mount Alvernia (206 ft [63 m]) on Cat Island. There are no rivers. The country\u2019s market economy is heavily dependent on tourism, for which gambling is a particular attraction, and on international financial services. Most foodstuffs are imported from the U.S.; fish and rum are significant exports. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahamas consists of about 700 islands and numerous cays. Area: 5,382 sq mi (13,939 sq km). Population (2009 est.): 342,000. Capital:&nbsp;Nassau (on New Providence Island). The people are of African [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":184,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_country_detail.php","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions\/494"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}