My Dad, Dr. Bill, has asked me twice
what is the Population of Marsh Harbor?
Well - i dont know. Let's look it up. 'Google, how bout it?'
MARSH HARBOUR - Population 5,315 (with me here)
The Bahamas is made up of over 700 islands, islets and cays in the Atlantic Ocean. "Bahamas" may refer to the country or the largest island chain it shares with the Turks and Caicos Islands. In 2018, the Bahamas has an estimated population of 399,285.
The entire Bahamas has an estimated population of 399,285, which makes it the 177th most populous country in the world. The last official census took place in 1990, finding a population of 255,000.
Bahamians are mainly of African descent – 85 percent black and 15 percent white and mixed. The white population are descended mainly from the early English settlers who arrived on the Island of Eleuthera in 1648. Many can also trace their roots back to the American Loyalists who after 1783 fled the newly independent States with their slaves.
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. Although the Spanish never colonised The Bahamas, they shipped the native Lucayans to slavery in Hispaniola. The islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, when English colonists from Bermudasettled on the island of Eleuthera.
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. Although the Spanish never colonised The Bahamas, they shipped the native Lucayans to slavery in Hispaniola. The islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, when English colonists from Bermudasettled on the island of Eleuthera.
The Bahamas became a British crown colony in 1718, when the British clamped down on piracy. After the American War of Independence, the Crown resettled thousands of American Loyalists in the Bahamas; they brought their slaves with them and established plantations on land grants.
I'm the first to admit that population statistics are not quite as sexy, or exciting as my earlier laundry story, but that's what's up today. The weather report talked about a Norther blowing in with some very strong winds and squalls associated with it. Maybe next week we can talk about the weather? That's almost as thrilling as my laundry!
- wearing clean clothes, Pirate Skip
