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historical demographical data of the administrative division

ISLANDS AND ISLANDS GROUPS	main town	surface/sq.km	surface/sq.mi	e2000?	c1990	c1980	c1980	c1970	c1970	c1963	c1963	e1953	c1943	c1931	c1901	code	code	pos.	particulars	variants of the name
source:				BN	BB	SY	GL,HC	GL	SY	SY	HW	DV	EB,SY	HB	AG	GL	FIPS
																			population figures are real numbers, not in 1000's
Abaco, Great - and Little -	Marsh Harbour	1681	649	10061	10034	7271	7324	6500	6501	6490	4746	3407	3461	4200	3300	AB	BF01	ne		Great Abaco, Little Abaco, Morses Island
Acklins	Masons Bay	497	192	423	405	618	616	900	936	1217	1160	1273	1744	1800	2000	AK	BF02	ese		Acklins Island
Andros	Nicholls' Town	5958	2300	8155	8187	8307	8397	8900	8845	7461	7460	7136	6718	7100	6300	AN	BF03	wc		Andros Island
Berry Islands	Bullocks Harbor	31	12	634	628	509	509	400	519	350	266	300	403	200	100	BR	BF04	nw		Berry Island
Bimini Islands	Alice Town	23	9	1638	1639	1411	1432	1500	1503	1652	1576	1700	718	2000	2200	BI	BF05	nw		North Bimini ; Biminis, North and South, Cay Lobos, and Cay Sal
Cat Islands	Arthur's Town	388	150	1678	1698	2215	2143	2700	2657	3131	3131	3301	3820	4000	4500	CI	BF06	ec		Cat Island
Cay Lobos	Cay Lobos												7			CL	BF07
Crooked Island and Long Cay	Colonel Hill	241	93	428	412	518	517	700	689	766	764	836	1179	1300	1500	CK	BF08	ese		Crooked Island
Eleuthera	Governor's Harbour	484	187	10524	7993	10631	10600	9500	6247	7247	7247	6070	6430	6200	6500	EL	BF09	ne		Eleuthera Island, Harbour Island, Spanish Wells
Exuma, Great -, and Exuma Cays	Georgetown	290	112	3539	3556	3670	3672	3800	3767	3440	3074	2919	3784	3700	3100	EX	BF10	c		Grand Exuma, Little Exuma, Great Inagua, Little Inagua
Grand Bahama	Freeport	1373	530	50000	40898	33102	33102	25900	25859	8230	7847	4095	2333	2200	1800	GB	BF11	nw
Harbour Island	Dunmore Town	8	3		1219				3221	997	997	840	769	800	1200	HB	BF12	nc		Cay Sal
Inagua, Great - and Little -	Matthew Town	1551	599	985	985	924	939	1100	1109	1240	1240	999	890	700	1500	IN	BF13	se		South Bimini
Long Cay	Albert Town					33	33	30	30		22					LC	BF14	ese		Long Cay
Long Island	Clarence Town	596	230	3107	2954	3404	3358	3900	3861	4176	4176	3755	4564	3200	3000	LI	BF15	c		Long Island
Mayaguana	Abraham's Bay	285	110	308	312	464	476	600	581	707	707	615	591	500	500	MG	BF16	se
New Providence	Nassau	207	80	202963	172196	135437	135437	102000	101503	80907	80907	46125	29391	19800	12500	NW	BF17	nwc
Plana Cays											3
Ragged Island	Duncan Town	36	14		89	164	146	200	208	371	371	100	417	100	100	RI	BF18	sw
Rum Cay	Port Nelson	78	30		53						77					RC	BF19	c
Samana Cay											32									Atwood Cay
San Salvador	Cockburn Town	163	63	539	465	825	804	900	776	968	968	800	693	700	1600	SS	BF20	ec	Christophor Columbus probably set foot on this island on 1492-10-12	San Salvador and Rum Cay, Watling Island, Watling's Island
Spanish Wells	Spanish Wells	26	10		1372					849		1000	665	1300	1500	SW	BF21
Other uninhabited cays and rocks		23	9										269

TOTAL:	Nassau	13939	5382	294982	255095	209503	209505	169530	168812	130199	126771	85271	68846	59800	53200

new division since 1993.02:																			detailed figures not yet available

Acklins and Crooked Islands																AC	BF24
Bimini																BI	BF05
Cat Island																CI	BF06
Exuma																EX	BF10
Freeport																FP	BF25
Fresh Creek																FC	BF26
Governor's Harbour																GH	BF27
Green Turtle Cay																GT	BF28
Harbour Island																HI	BF22
High Rock																HR	BF29
Inagua																IN	BF13
Kemps Bay																KB	BF30
Long Island																LI	BF15
Marsh Harbour																MH	BF31
Mayaguana																MG	BF16
New Providence																NP	BF23
Nichollstown and Berry Islands																NB	BF32
Ragged Island																RI	BF18
Rock Sound																RS	BF33
Sandy Point																SP	BF34
San Salvador and Rum Cay																SR	BF35

TOTAL:	Nassau

Particulars:
Source "BN" is Bahamas.net, although the figures stated there are not precised by a year.
According to information gathered via the website Bahamas.net the actual administrative division is: Acklins and Crooked Islands, Bimini, Cat Island, Exuma, Freeport, Fresh Creek, Governor's Harbour, Green Turtle Cay, Harbour Island, High Rock, Inagua, Kemps Bay, Long Island, Marsh Harbour, Mayaguana, New Providence, Nicholls Town and Berry Islands, Ragged Island, Rock Sound, Sandy Point, San Salvador and Rum Cay.
File created on 1999-05-01; revised on 2002-06-11; last modified on 2003-06-15 by Jan Lahmeyer

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