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  1. Commonwealth of the area 13,864 sq
  2. km/5,352 sq mi capital Nassau on New
  3. Providence physical comprises 700 tropical
  4. coral islands and about 1,000 cays features
  5. desert islands: only 30 are inhabited; Blue
  6. Holes of Andros, the world's longest and
  7. deepest submarine caves head of state
  8. Elizabeth II from 1973 represented by
  9. governor- general head of government Lynden
  10. Oscar Pindling from 1967 political system
  11. constitutional monarchy political parties
  12. Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), centrist;
  13. Free National Movement (FNM), centre-left
  14. exports cement, pharmaceuticals, petroleum
  15. products, crawfish, rum, pulpwood; over half
  16. the islands' employment comes from tourism
  17. currency Bahamian dollar (1.70 = 1 Feb 1990)
  18. population (1988 est) 243,000; annual growth
  19. rate 1.8% language English religion 29%
  20. Baptist, 23% Anglican, 22% Roman Catholic
  21. literacy 95% (1986) GDP $780 million (1981);
  22. $5,756 per head of population chronology 1964
  23. Independence achieved from Britain. 1967
  24. First national assembly elections.
  25. 1972 Constitutional conference to discuss
  26. full independence.
  27. 1973 Full independence achieved.
  28. 1983 Allegations of drug trafficking by
  29. government ministers.
  30. 1984 Deputy prime minister and two cabinet
  31. ministers resigned. Pindling denied any
  32. personal involvement and was endorsed as
  33. party leader. 1987 Pindling re-elected
  34. despite claims of frauds.
  35.