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Official Name: Commonwealth of the
Bahamas |
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Capital City: Nassau [ country
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Languages:
English, Bahamas Creole English |
Questions about Bahamian Medicinal Plants
Contact - Regional Coordinator: caribbean@cieer.org |
Official Currency: Bahamian Dollar (US Dollar accepted)
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Religions: Baptist, Angelican, Catholic, others
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Population: 296,000 (1998 UN), 30 inhabited islands |
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Land Area: 10,010
sq km (3,864 sq miles) |
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Number of Indigenous
languages: 3, two are living
languages and 1 is extinct (Taino). |
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Native Vascular plant species: 1,371
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Bahamas.com
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Endemic Species: 121 |
CIA
World Factbook |
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% Species endemism: 11.3% |
World
Conservation Monitoring Centre - Threatend Plants
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Total no. threatened: 31
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1997
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants |
% Species threatened: 2.8%
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Summer
Institute of Linguistics - Ethnologue, 13th Edition |
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Medicinal plant estimate: > 175 (estimate) |
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