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New Providence

district-island of the Bahamas

Key facts

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago: The Bahamas
Area: 207 km (80 sq mi)
Length: 34 km (21.1 mi)
Width: 11 km (6.8 mi)
Highest elevation: 5 m (16 ft)
Largest settlement: Nassau
Population: 296,522 (2022)
Pop density: 1,325.6/km (3433.3/sq mi)
Ethnic groups: African 89%, European 8%, Asian and Hispanic 3%
Time zone: EST ( UTC-5 )
Summer dst: EDT ( UTC-4 )
Iso code: BS-NP

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New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas. On the eastern side of the island is the national capital city of Nassau; it had a population of 246,329 at the 2010 Census, and a population of 292,522 at the 2022 census. Nearly three quarters of the Bahamas' population lives in New Providence.