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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Connecticut
Area > Land	10,070 sq km		[162nd of 238]
Definition: Geography > Area > Land
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	13,940 sq km		[166th of 250]
Definition: Geography > Area > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Nassau - 171,542
Definition: Geography > Capital city with population
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream
Definition: Geography > Climate
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Elevation extremes > Highest point Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m
Definition: Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forested Land	84.1%		[6th of 193]
Definition: Geography > Forested Land
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	24 15 N, 76 00 W
Definition: Geography > Geographic coordinates
Source: FAO
Land use > Arable land	0.58%		[203rd of 258]
Definition: Geography > Land use > Arable land
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city Nassau
Definition: Geography > Largest city
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	195,000		[134th of 174]
Definition: Geography > Largest city population
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Nassau - 171,542
Definition: Geography > Largest city with population
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba
Definition: Geography > Location
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Central America and the Caribbean
Definition: Geography > Map references
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage
Definition: Geography > Natural hazards
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources salt, aragonite, timber, arable land
Definition: Geography > Natural resources
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	28.17 people per sqkm		[173rd of 256]
Definition: Geography > Population density
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	32.27 people/m²		[152nd of 204]
Definition: Geography > Population density > people per sq. km
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	1,360 mm		[22nd of 95]
Definition: Geography > Precipitation
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	13,880 km²		[156th of 206]
Definition: Geography > Surface area > sq. km
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

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