Inagua
Sign in to saveInagua is the southernmost district of the Bahamas, comprising the islands of Great Inagua and Little Inagua. The headquarters for the district council are in Matthew Town.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- District of Inagua
- Settlement.image_map
- Inagua in Bahamas (zoom).svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Bahamas
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Island
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Great Inagua
- Settlement.government_type
- District Councils
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Chief Councillor
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Kennard Rolle
- Settlement.leader_title2
- Deputy Chief Councillor
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Dometrius Taylor
- Settlement.leader_title4
- Island Administrator
- Settlement.leader_name4
- Herman Gilbert
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1679
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.population_total
- 856
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of The Bahamas
- Country
- The Bahamas
- Located in
- The Bahamas
- Capital
- Matthew Town
- Area
- 1679.0
- Elevation
- 33
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- NorthShoreGreatInagua.jpg
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- Commons category
- Inagua Islands
- inception
- 1800-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Islands
- Great Inagua
- Little Inagua
- Politics
- Gallery
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
Inagua is the southernmost district of the Bahamas, comprising the islands of Great Inagua and Little Inagua. The headquarters for the district council are in Matthew Town.
==History== The original settlers were the Lucayan people (Taíno), who arrived sometime between 500 and 800 CE, crossing in dugout canoes from Hispaniola and/or Cuba to the Bahamas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Inagua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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