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Area code 242 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for The Bahamas. Area code 242 translates to the letter sequence BHA on an alpha-numeric keypad. The numbering plan area (NPA) was created in a split of area code 809 , which was originally assigned to the Bahamas and many of the Caribbean islands.
(National number 43, then changed to 7D, as 42 or 43) Bermuda: 809-xxx-xxxx (National number 29, then changed to 7D, as 23 or 29) British Virgin Islands: 809-49x-xxxx (National number 49) Carriacou: 809-44x-xxxx: The Cayman Islands: 809-94x-xxxx (National number 94) The Commonwealth of Dominica: 809-44x-xxxx (National number 44 shared with Grenada)
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia was established by the Commonwealth Bank Act 1911, introduced by the Andrew Fisher Labor government, which favoured bank nationalisation, with effect on 22 December 1911. [10] [11] In a rare move for the time, the bank was to have both savings and general bank business. The bank was also the first bank in ...
Eleuthera (/ ɪ ˈ lj uː θ ər ə /) refers both to a single island in the archipelagic state of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and to its associated group of smaller islands. [2] Eleuthera forms a part of the Great Bahama Bank. [2] The island of Eleuthera incorporates the smaller Harbour Island.
The Antilles Current originates south of the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and Cuba and moves northward where it merges with the Gulf Stream. [9] [10] This current cools the waters around San Salvador in the summer and warms the water around the island in the winter. This keeps the water temperature relatively mild and consistent throughout the year. [7]
Contact us; Contribute Help; ... The following is an alphabetical list of the islands and cays of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. [1] [2] [3 ... (Cay Sal Bank ...
Rhonda Lea Cornea Hull, Miss Commonwealth Bahamas 1985 is from Marsh Harbour, and she represented The Bahamas at the 1985 Miss World Pageant in London. Lolita Armbrister Monpetit, Miss Bahamas 1978 was born in Dundas Town, a settlement next to Marsh Harbour. She represented The Bahamas at the Miss Universe Pageant in 1979 in Perth, Australia.
The Central Bank was established on 1 June 1974 by The Central Bank of The Bahamas Act. [4] now superseded by the Central Bank of The Bahamas Act, 2000. The new bank's mandate included: the power to promote and maintain monetary stability and credit and balance of payments conditions conducive to the orderly development of the Bahamian economy;