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THE LOCATION
The Bahamas is an archipelagic state and consists of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, of which only between 30 and 40 are inhabited. Situated just north of Cuba, the Bahamas is the site of Columbus’ first landfall in the New World in 1492. At that time, the islands were inhabited by the Lucayan, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taino people.
The climate of the Bahamas is tropical savannah climate Tropical storms and hurricanes can on occasion impact the Bahamas.