Kemps Bay (Kemps Bay District)
Kemp's Bay is a town on the island of Andros in the Bahamas and, before 1996, was also a district of the Bahamas.
The district consisted of the southern portion of the island. Its population in 2000 was 1,666 – the census recorded exactly equal numbers of males and females. The town had a population of 273 in 2010. New districts were created on Andros in 1996. The district of Kemps Bay was roughly replaced by South Andros.
The district consisted of the southern portion of the island. Its population in 2000 was 1,666 – the census recorded exactly equal numbers of males and females. The town had a population of 273 in 2010. New districts were created on Andros in 1996. The district of Kemps Bay was roughly replaced by South Andros.
Map - Kemps Bay (Kemps Bay District)
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Country - The_Bahamas
The Bahama Islands were inhabited by the Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taíno, for many centuries. Christopher Columbus was the first European to see the islands, making his first landfall in the "New World" in 1492 when he landed on the island of San Salvador. Later, the Spanish shipped the native Lucayans to and enslaved them on Hispaniola, after which the Bahama islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, nearly all native Bahamians having been forcibly removed for enslavement or having died of diseases that Europeans brought to the islands. In 1649, English colonists from Bermuda, known as the Eleutheran Adventurers, settled on the island of Eleuthera.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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BSD | Bahamian dollar | $ | 2 |
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EN | English language |