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BAHAMAS

CARIBBEAN-CENTRAL AMERICA PROFILE 2018

Ministry of Financial Services, Trade and Nassau, Bahamas Island of Eleuthera. The Nassau and Freeport
Industry and Immigration Tel: (242) 328-2701 International Airports have runways of 11,000
3rd Floor Manx Campbell Maritime Centre Fax: (242) 328-1324 feet, Exuma’s has 7,000 feet, and Governor’s
West Bay Street Harbour has 6,500 feet.
P.O. Box: N-4843 Ministry of Works
Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas John F Kennedy Drive
Tel: (242) 328-5071 P O Box N 8156 TELECOMMUNICATION
Telecommunications services and facilities in
Fax: (242) 328-8090 Nassau, N.P. The Bahamas The Bahamas are state-of-the-art.
Email: financialservices@bahamas.gov.bs Tel: (242) 322-4830
Fax: (242) 326-7344 The fully digital telephone system includes
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: publicworks@bahamas.gov.bs
Goodmans Bay Corporate Center about 126,000 total landlines and an
West Bay St., P. O. Box N 3746 Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture estimated 121,000 mobile users. Bahamas
Nassau, N.P, The Bahamas Thompson Blvd Telecommunications Corporation (BATELCO)
Tel: (242) 356-5969 P.O. Box N-10114 offers facsimile, data packet switching, paging,
Fax: (242) 328-8212 Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas telegraph and telex, HF and VHF maritime
Email: mofabahamas@bahamas.gov.bs Tel: (242) 502-0601 mobile services, and cellular telephone
services with roaming capabilities. In addition,
Ministry of Health Fax: (242) 322-6546 the Bahamas has calling cards acceptance,
Poncianna Hill Building Email: mysc@bahamas.gov.bs access to the International Maritime Satellites
Meeting Street (INMARSAT) system, and phone cards.
P.O. Box N-3730 EDUCATION
Nassau, Bahamas The adult literacy rate in The Bahamas is Airspan Networks, Inc., a leading global
Tel: (242) 502-4700 over 95 percent. The Education Act continues provider of fixed broadband wireless DSL
Fax: (242) 325-5421 to guarantee all residents of The Bahamas networks, has been selected by the Bahamas
Email: healthgeneral@bahamas.gov.bs between the ages of five to sixteen access to Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BTC)
Ministry of Labour free education. Although not yet mandatory, to provide wireless DSL access to 1,000
subscribers on three Family Islands – Acklins,
Charlotte House (1st Floor) education at the preschool and post secondary Crooked Island and Mayaguana.
Charlotte Street North levels is rapidly expanding. The majority of
P.O. Box N 8301 primary and secondary students are enrolled Bahamas Telecommunications Corp.
Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas in institutions managed by the state through its P.O. Box 3048,
Tel: (242) 322-3105 public education system. Post secondary and
Fax: (242) 328-6300 tertiary institutions are provided for by both the Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
Email: deptlabourgeneral@bahamas.gov.bs state and the private sector. In the case of tertiary Tel: (242) 323-4911
intuitions, several foreign based institutions Fax: (242) 326-7474
Ministry of National Security operate in the country as satellite campuses
Charlotte House North (1st Floor) catering to an increasingly significant sector of CONTACTS
Shirley and Charlotte Streets the adult population. The Bahamian workforce Central Bank of Bahamas
P. O. Box N 3217 is well-educated, skilled, English-speaking, and PO Box 4868,
Nassau, N.P, The Bahamas amiable. Young Bahamians are increasingly Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
Tel: (242) 356-6792 acquiring facility in Spanish, French, and Tel: ( 242) 322-2193
Fax: (242) 356-6087 German. Fax: (242) 352-4321
Email: nationalsecurity@bahamas.gov.bs E-mail: cbob@centralbankbahamas.com
INFRASTRUCTURE
Ministry of Social Services and Urban The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce
Development TRANSPORTATION Shirley Street & Collins Avenue
Aventura Plaza LAND P. O. Box: N-665
John F. Kennedy Dr. & Bethel Ave. Railroads: None. Nassau, Bahamas
P.O. Box N-3008 Highways: 3,350 km. (2,094 mi.) total: 1,350 Tel: (242) 322-2145
Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas km. (843 mi.) paved and 2,000 km. (1,250 mi.) Fax: (242) 322-4649
Tel: (242) 323-7814/5 gravel.
Fax: (242) 325-1920 Grand Bahamas Chamber of Commerce
Ministry of Tourism and Aviation SEA P.O. Box F-40808
Freeport, Grand Bahama Island,
Bolam House Sea Ports: Two major ports: Nassau is the main Bahamas
George St. P.O. Box N-3701 point reached on direct steamship services; and Tel: (242) 352-8329
Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas Freeport, on Grand Bahama, has 5,890 feet of Fax: (242) 352-3280
Tel: (242) 302-2000 dock space for medium and large vessels.
Fax: (242) 302-2098
Email: tourism@bahamas.com AIR IN THE U.S.
Airports: There are 6 major international Embassy of the Bahamas
Ministry of Transport and Local airports, including Nassau International, 2220 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Government on the island of New Providence; Freeport Washington, DC 20008
Manx Dockendale Corporate Centre (3rd Floor) International, on the island of Grand Bahama; Tel: (202) 319-2660
West Bay Street Exuma International, on the island of Exuma; Fax: (202) 319-2668
P.O. Box N-7132
Governor’s Harbour International, on the

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