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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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One of the most popular scuba diving spots in the whole Bahamas region is located on New Providence Island at Nassau.
Investment company boss Hywel Jones, 55, originally from Wales, was ambushed last month as he arrived for work on the outskirts of the city of Nassau on the tropical New Providence Island.
Following a honeymoon to New Providence Island in the Bahamas, the couple resides in Byhalia where the groom is an economic developer and the bride is an attorney.
 
 
 
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