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New Providence

Principal island of the Bahamas in the West Indies; area 150 sq km/58 sq mi; population (2000) 210,800. The island is about 34 km/21 mi long from east to west, and 11 km/7 mi wide from north to south. The island's principal city is Nassau, the capital and chief port of the Bahamas. The local economy centres on agriculture, fishing, rum, and tourism.



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Investment company boss Hywel Jones, 55, was ambushed as he arrived for work in Nassau on the tropical New Providence Island on Wednesday.
He said government has embarked on an "infrastructural crusade" including the New Providence Road Improvement Project; phase one of the Lynden Pindling Intl Airport, the beautification program in New Providence and Grand Bahama, construction of sidewalks and administration buildings and the housing program.
Acquired by the Borough of New Providence in 1993 from C.
 
 
 
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