The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas gains its independence by the United Kingdom Government, Order in Council. This date is now celebrated as the country's Independence Day.
The Bahamas is an archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It comprises more than 3,000 islands, cays and islets in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located north of Cuba and north-west of the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the U.S. state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. The capital and largest city is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The Bahamas 2023 census population was 412,628 people.