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Bahamas

Capital: Nassau

  • Andros has 178 blue holes on land and at least 50 in the sea, the largest known collection of its kind in the world.
  • Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island is about 202 metres deep, making it the third-deepest blue hole in the world.
  • Nassau's Junkanoo costumes are built by hand from crepe paper and cardboard, and judges give prizes for music, costumes and group presentation.
  • Big Major Cay, also called Pig Beach, had roughly fifty to sixty wild pigs in 2019, and tourists visit to watch them swim.
  • The Bahamas became independent from the United Kingdom on 10 July 1973, and that date is now its Independence Day.

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