Geography The
Government
Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: Arthur Dion Hanna (2006)
Prime Minister: Hubert Ingraham (2007)
Other Information
*Population (2007 est.): 305,655 (growth rate: 0.6%)
*Money: Bahamian dollar
*Industries: tourism, banking, cement, oil transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe.
*Natural resources: salt, aragonite, timber, and arable land.
National Symbols
Flag colors: Gold , Black, Aqua Marine
National Fish:Blue Marlin
National Bird:Flamingo
National Flower: Yellow Elder
National Tree: Lignum Vitae
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