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   Note: This section last updated 27th March 2021

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 27th March 2021

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Both the 12-hour and 24-hour clock notations are used.

   14:32

The official language is English . 86.6% of the population speaks Bahamas Creole English .

The following company types are commonly found in The Bahamas:

   Company Limited by Guarantee
   DLC – Domestic Limited Company
   ELP – Exempted Limited Partnership
   Foreign Company
   IBC - International Business Company
   LDC - Limited Duration Company
   Limited Partnership
   Public Company
   Trust

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

The name of the island (or its abbreviation) may appear in the address after the town name. The island names are:

    The Abacos 
    Acklins 
    Andros 
    Berry Islands 
    Bimini 
    Cat Island 
    Crooked Island 
    Eleuthera 
    Exuma 
    Grand Bahama 
    Great Inagua 
    Harbour Island 
    Little Inagua 
    Long Cay 
    Long Island 
    Mayaguana 
    New Providence 
    Paradise Island 
    Ragged Island 
    Rum Cay 
    San Salvador  (or Watling Island)

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

   Note: This section last updated 9th May 2020

This is written PO Box.

Post office box numbers are preceded by a sorting code, indicating the post office, which may be one of the following:

Sorting code	Post office
AB	Abaco
AC	Acklins
AN	Andros
BI	Berry Islands
BM	Bimini
CI	Cat Island
EL	Eleuthera
EX	Exuma
F	Freeport (Grand Bahama)
FX	Fox Hill (New Providence)
GT	Grants Town (New Providence)
HR	High Rock (Grand Bahama)
IN	Inagua
LI	Long Island
MA	Mayaguana
N	General Post Office, New Providence
SP	Sandyport (New Providence)
SS	Shirley Street (New Providence)

The Bahamas have no postal code system.

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   Note: This section last updated 26th July 2014

Refer to Exonyms in Bahamas for full lists of place names in the Bahamas in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http:www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 19th September 2018

The Bahamas has 34 districts , not used in addresses except where the district is also the island name:

    Acklins Islands 
    Berry Islands 
    Bimini 
    Black Point 
    Cat Island 
    Central Abaco 
    Central Andros 
    Central Eleuthera 
    City of Freeport 
    Crooked Island and Long Cay 
    East Grand Bahama 
    Exuma 
    Grand Cay 
    Green Turtle Cay 
    Harbour Island 
    Hope Town 
    Inagua 
    Long Island 
    Mangrove Cay 
    Mayaguana 
    Moore’s Island 
    New Providence 
    North Abaco 
    North Andros 
    North Eleuthera 
    Ragged Island 
    Rum Cay 
    San Salvador 
    South Abaco 
    South Andros 
    South Eleuthera 
    Spanish Wells 
    Sweeting’s Cay 
    West Grand Bahama 

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   Note: This section last updated 22nd September 2017

All telephone numbers in The Bahamas have the area code 242. All subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers have subscriber numbers beginning with these numbers: 357, 359, 375, 395, 4 (except 461), 5 (except 502 and 555), 636, 646, 727, 738, 80, 810, 812-82 and 899.