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Bahamas
Facts
- Population of about 330,000
- Capital is Nassau
- Main industries are tourism and offshore finance
- Well known for "handcrafts"
Culture & Well Known People
- Obeah, a religion of folk magic, is commonly practiced
- Junkanoo, is a grand street parade that celebrates the country's culture and occurs three times a year
- Sailing and cricket are the national sports
- Although, track and field, soccer, and basketball are the most popular
- Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson, Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, and Eldece Clark-Lewis, also known as the "Golden Girls" for winning the gold medal in the womens 4 X 100m relay in the 2000 Sydney Olympics
- Sydney Poitier- famous actor -was raised here as a child
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