Nassau is the capital

Capital City

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, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 (2010 census

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), 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas (353,658). Lynden Pindling International Airport

Lynden Pindling International Airport

- Trivia :During World War II,it was known as Windsor Field used by the Royal Air Force Transferring Fighter and Bomber aircraft such as the B-17, B-24, and the P-40 from New Providence to Italian, North African and European Theatres of War and as a station for Consolidated Liberator I and North...

, the major airport for The Bahamas, is located about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of Nassau city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, United States

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, Canada

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 and the Caribbean

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. The city is located on the island of New Providence

New Providence

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, which functions much like a business district.