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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6y%C3%BCk_Bahama" title="Böyük Bahama – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Böyük Bahama" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Bahama_Island" title="Grand Bahama Island – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Grand Bahama Island" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Bahama" title="Grand Bahama – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Grand Bahama" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Bahama" title="Grand Bahama – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Grand Bahama" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B1" title="Γκραντ Μπαχάμα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκραντ Μπαχάμα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Bahama" title="Gran Bahama – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gran Bahama" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granda_Bahamo" title="Granda Bahamo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Granda Bahamo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahama_Handia" title="Bahama Handia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bahama Handia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7" title="گرند باهاما – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گرند باهاما" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Bahama" title="Grand Bahama – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Grand Bahama" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Bahama" title="Grand Bahama – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Grand Bahama" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Bahama" title="Gran Bahama – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Gran Bahama" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%B8%EB%9E%9C%EB%93%9C%EB%B0%94%ED%95%98%EB%A7%88%EC%84%AC" title="그랜드바하마섬 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="그랜드바하마섬" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Bahama" title="Grand Bahama – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Grand Bahama" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90" title="დიდი ბაჰამა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დიდი ბაჰამა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Did%C5%BEioji_Bahama" title="Didžioji Bahama – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Didžioji Bahama" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%89" title="باهاما الكبرى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="باهاما الكبرى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Bahama" title="Grand Bahama – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Grand Bahama" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%8F%E3%83%9E%E5%B3%B6" title="グランド・バハマ島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="グランド・バハマ島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wielka_Bahama" title="Wielka Bahama – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wielka Bahama" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Bahama" title="Grande Bahama – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Grande Bahama" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Большой Багама – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Большой Багама" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Велика Бахама – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Велика Бахама" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Grand_Bahama&params=26_39_N_78_19_W_type:isle"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">26°39′N</span> <span class="longitude">78°19′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">26.650°N 78.317°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.650; -78.317</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archipelago</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahamas">Bahamas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,373 km<sup>2</sup> (530 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">40 ft (12 m)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahamas">Bahamas</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeport, Bahamas">Freeport</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">47,475<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">34.75/km<sup>2</sup> (90/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Additional information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC-4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-4">UTC-4</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2" title="ISO 3166-2">ISO code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">BS-EG<br />BS-FP<br />BS-WG</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Grand Bahama</b> is the northernmost of the islands of <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a>, with the town of <a href="/wiki/West_End,_Grand_Bahama" class="mw-redirect" title="West End, Grand Bahama">West End</a> located 56 nautical miles (64 miles; 104 km) east of <a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach,_Florida" title="Palm Beach, Florida">Palm Beach, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the third largest island in The Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is roughly 530 square miles (1,400 km<sup>2</sup>) in area and approximately 153 kilometres (95 miles) long west to east and 24 kilometres (15 miles) at its widest point north to south. Administratively, the island consists of the <a href="/wiki/Hawksbill_Creek_Agreement" title="Hawksbill Creek Agreement">Freeport Bonded Area</a> and the districts of <a href="/wiki/East_Grand_Bahama" title="East Grand Bahama">East Grand Bahama</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Grand_Bahama" title="West Grand Bahama">West Grand Bahama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearly half of the homes on the island were damaged or destroyed in early September 2019 by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Dorian" title="Hurricane Dorian">Hurricane Dorian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Bahama&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Grand Bahama Island has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_monsoon_climate" title="Tropical monsoon climate">tropical monsoon climate</a>, with a hot and wet season from May through October, and warm and dry season from November through April. </p><p>In Freeport the summer high temperatures average 31 °C (88 °F), with average lows of 26 °C (79 °F). During the winter, the average high temperature is 28 °C (82 °F), and the average low is 19 °C (66 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">rainy season</a> in The Bahamas is from May to October. The <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">hurricane</a> season runs from June through November, with the greatest risk in the months of August, September, and October.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Bahama&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_Spanish_contact">Early Spanish contact</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Bahama&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early Spanish contact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LucayanNationalPark.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/LucayanNationalPark.JPG/220px-LucayanNationalPark.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/LucayanNationalPark.JPG/330px-LucayanNationalPark.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/LucayanNationalPark.JPG/440px-LucayanNationalPark.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Lucayan National Park</figcaption></figure> <p>The Indigenous <a href="/wiki/Lucayan_people" title="Lucayan people">Lucayan people</a>'s name for the island was <i><span title="Taino-language text"><i lang="tnq">Bahama</i></span></i> ('large upper middle island').<sup id="cite_ref-Ahrens_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahrens-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Granberry_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Granberry-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grand Bahama's existence for almost two centuries was largely governed by the nature of the treacherous <a href="/wiki/Coral_reefs" class="mw-redirect" title="Coral reefs">coral reefs</a> surrounding the island, which repelled its Spanish claimants (who largely left it alone apart from infrequent en route stops by ships for provisions) while attracting pirates, who would lure ships onto the reefs where they would run aground and be plundered. The Spaniards took little interest in the island after enslaving the native Lucayan inhabitants.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_rule">British rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Bahama&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: British rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1670, <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II of England</a> issued a <a href="/wiki/Land_patent" title="Land patent">land patent</a>, granting The Bahamas to the eight <a href="/wiki/Lords_Proprietors" class="mw-redirect" title="Lords Proprietors">Lords Proprietors</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Carolinas" title="Carolinas">Carolinas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1828, Grand Bahama remained almost unpopulated.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A brief smuggling boom occurred during the years of <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">prohibition in the United States</a>, when West End, Grand Bahama, and <a href="/wiki/Bimini" title="Bimini">Bimini</a> served as waystations for illicit imports of liquor to the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Midet_Aviation#Butlin's_Grand_Bahama_Island_project" title="Midet Aviation">Midet Aviation § Butlin's Grand Bahama Island project</a></div> <p>The first major resort and the first commercial airport on Grand Bahama was developed at West End in the late 1940s by the British <a href="/wiki/Butlin%27s" title="Butlin's">Butlin's</a> firm, which constructed a 1000-guest resort from scratch, incuding building <a href="/wiki/West_End_Airport" title="West End Airport">West End Airport</a>. Butlin's ran the partially-completed facility for a single season (1950) before running out of money. A small part of the resort re-opened in the 1955 and more fundamental redevelopment occurred in 1960. West End Airport remained the main commercial airport for Grand Bahama until overshadowed by the newer airport at Freeport in the 1960s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The major settlement that developed on the island was Freeport-<a href="/wiki/Lucaya,_Bahamas" title="Lucaya, Bahamas">Lucaya</a>, but other hamlets and settlements emerged, including Russell Town, Williams Town, Smith's Point, Mather Town, Pinder's Point, Lewis Yard, Hunter's, and Mack Town.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hawksbill_Creek_Agreement_era">Hawksbill Creek Agreement era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Bahama&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hawksbill Creek Agreement era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TheInternationalBazaarSquare.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/TheInternationalBazaarSquare.JPG/220px-TheInternationalBazaarSquare.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/TheInternationalBazaarSquare.JPG/330px-TheInternationalBazaarSquare.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/TheInternationalBazaarSquare.JPG/440px-TheInternationalBazaarSquare.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The International Bazaar in Freeport</figcaption></figure> <p>By the mid-20th century, Grand Bahama's population numbered around 500 and the island was one of the least developed of The Bahamas' islands. However it finally gained a stable source of income when in 1955 a <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginian</a> financier named <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Groves" title="Wallace Groves">Wallace Groves</a> began redevelopment with the Bahamian government to build the city of <a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeport, Bahamas">Freeport</a> under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement and create the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Bahama_Port_Authority" title="Grand Bahama Port Authority">Grand Bahama Port Authority</a>. Soon after, the ambitious Edward St. George, with the financial help of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Jack_Hayward" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Jack Hayward">Sir Jack Hayward</a>, took the company to new frontiers. Seeing the success of Cuba as a tourist destination for wealthy Americans, St. George was eager to develop Grand Bahama in a similar vein. The city grew rapidly, with St. George adding a harbour, an airport soon after the city was founded, and the tourist center of Port Lucaya in 1962. Grand Bahama became the second most populous island in The Bahamas (over 50,000 in 2004).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hurricane_Dorian_effects">Hurricane Dorian effects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Bahama&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hurricane Dorian effects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Dorian_in_the_Bahamas" title="Effects of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas">Effects of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas</a></div> <p>On September 1, 2019, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Dorian" title="Hurricane Dorian">Hurricane Dorian</a> struck the island as a <a href="/wiki/Category_5_hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="Category 5 hurricane">Category 5 hurricane</a> and caused catastrophic destruction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Bahama&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Casa-bahama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Casa-bahama.jpg/150px-Casa-bahama.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Casa-bahama.jpg/225px-Casa-bahama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Casa-bahama.jpg/300px-Casa-bahama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="564" data-file-height="866" /></a><figcaption>Casa Bahama, an 18-storey condominium, the tallest building in Grand Bahama</figcaption></figure> <p>One aspect that contributes to the economy of The Bahamas is what they directly <a href="/wiki/Export" title="Export">export</a> and import. The Bahamas ranks as the 137th largest exporter and 117th largest importer in the world. Some of the major trading partners include the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>. Top exports include; passenger cargo ships, special purpose ships, and refined petroleum.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeport, Bahamas">Freeport</a>, a city in Grand Bahama has some industries that also contribute to the economy. These major industries are <a href="/wiki/Medication" title="Medication">pharmaceutical</a> plants, <a href="/wiki/Fragrance" class="mw-redirect" title="Fragrance">Fragrance</a> of The Bahamas perfume factory, an oil <a href="/wiki/Transshipment" title="Transshipment">transshipment</a> company, and an <a href="/wiki/Immunology" title="Immunology">immunology</a> research center.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite The Bahamas being big exporters and importers, their <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fishery" title="Fishery">fisheries</a> also help with the economy. They produce agriculture ranging from <a href="/wiki/Crop" title="Crop">crops</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poultry" title="Poultry">poultry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Livestock" title="Livestock">livestock</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Dairy" title="Dairy">dairy</a>. On commercial farms in Grand Bahama, <a href="/wiki/Vegetable" title="Vegetable">vegetable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Citrus_production" title="Citrus production">citrus production</a> are produced and exported to other countries. For their fisheries, Crayfish and conch are their top exports.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even though the economy is based heavily on what The Bahamas produces and sells, <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> is the mainstay of the island's economy. The resort area at Port Lucaya and visits by <a href="/wiki/Cruise_ship" title="Cruise ship">cruise ships</a> provide the bulk of this activity. Grand Bahama's tourism sector is complemented by the <a href="/wiki/Buckeye_Bahamas_Hub" title="Buckeye Bahamas Hub">BORCO oil bunkering facility</a> owned by <a href="/wiki/Buckeye_Partners" title="Buckeye Partners">Buckeye</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BORCO_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BORCO-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the South Riding Point oil storage and transhipment terminal owned by <a href="/wiki/Statoil" class="mw-redirect" title="Statoil">Statoil</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-SRP_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SRP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Transshipment" title="Transshipment">transshipment</a>/<a href="/wiki/Containerization" title="Containerization">container</a> port partly owned by <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> conglomerate <a href="/wiki/Hutchison_Whampoa" title="Hutchison Whampoa">Hutchison Whampoa</a> and the Grand Bahama Port Authority. There are also quarrying operations on the island and a large shipyard.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There are two airports on the island: <a href="/wiki/Grand_Bahama_International_Airport" title="Grand Bahama International Airport">Grand Bahama International Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeport, Bahamas">Freeport</a>, and <a href="/wiki/West_End_Airport" title="West End Airport">West End Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_End,_Grand_Bahama" class="mw-redirect" title="West End, Grand Bahama">West End</a>. Grand Bahama International Airport is the larger of the two, and West End Airport is open sporadically for private aircraft only.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_regions">Administrative regions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Bahama&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Administrative regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Contradicts_other plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Accuracy dispute"><img alt="Accuracy dispute" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/40px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/60px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ambox_contradict.svg/80px-Ambox_contradict.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>appears to contradict the article <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Bahamas#Elections" title="Local government in the Bahamas">Local government in the Bahamas#Elections</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please discuss at the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Grand_Bahama" title="Talk:Grand Bahama">talk page</a> and do not remove this message until the contradictions are resolved.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Grand Bahama is divided into three <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_The_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of The Bahamas">districts</a> and seven town areas for administrative purposes. Each district is run by a chief councilor, and each town area or township is run by a chairperson. As of <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas_Local_Government_Act_of_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bahamas Local Government Act of 1996">1996</a> Grand Bahama has three districts:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Grand_Bahama" title="East Grand Bahama">East Grand Bahama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Grand_Bahama" title="West Grand Bahama">West Grand Bahama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Grand_Bahama" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeport, Grand Bahama">The City of Freeport</a></li></ul> <p>Elections are held every 5 years in The Bahamas. The two principal parties are the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Liberal_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive Liberal Party">Progressive Liberal Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Free_National_Movement" title="Free National Movement">Free National Movement</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. Grand Bahama also is a part of the islands outside of New Providence and operate under Local Government; this allows for a greater allowance for people to have a more direct rule. The intention of Local government is to not have direct connections to any political party.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Main_settlements">Main settlements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Bahama&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Main settlements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TainoBeachBahamas.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/TainoBeachBahamas.JPG/220px-TainoBeachBahamas.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/TainoBeachBahamas.JPG/330px-TainoBeachBahamas.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/TainoBeachBahamas.JPG/440px-TainoBeachBahamas.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Taino Beach</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeport, Bahamas">Freeport</a> is the main city of Grand Bahama. It holds the commercial ship harbour and the main airport.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucaya">Lucaya</a> is a tourist destination on the island, with beaches and hotels.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_End,_Grand_Bahama" class="mw-redirect" title="West End, Grand Bahama">West End</a> is the capital of Grand Bahama. It first achieved notoriety as a <a href="/wiki/Rum-running" title="Rum-running">rum-running</a> port during the <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dd>In the 1950s, West End became home to the <a href="/wiki/Jack_Tar_Hotels" title="Jack Tar Hotels">Jack Tar</a> marina and club. However, over the years the marina fell into disrepair, and the whole city of West End was of little economic import to Grand Bahama. In 2001, the resort was reopened as <i>Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbour</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eight_Mile_Rock" title="Eight Mile Rock">Eight Mile Rock</a> stretches out over eight miles of rocky shore, hence its name. It is home to Bahamian NBA and WNBA players, <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Hield" title="Buddy Hield">Buddy Hield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jonquel_Jones" title="Jonquel Jones">Jonquel Jones</a>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=McLean%27s_Town&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="McLean's Town (page does not exist)">McLean's Town</a> is the easternmost settlement of Grand Bahama. It is within a 30-minute ferry ride of the northernmost settlement, the neighboring island of <a href="/wiki/Abaco_Islands" title="Abaco Islands">Abaco</a>.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GrandBahama_15ft_4p572_shaded.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/GrandBahama_15ft_4p572_shaded.png/650px-GrandBahama_15ft_4p572_shaded.png" decoding="async" width="650" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/GrandBahama_15ft_4p572_shaded.png/975px-GrandBahama_15ft_4p572_shaded.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/GrandBahama_15ft_4p572_shaded.png/1300px-GrandBahama_15ft_4p572_shaded.png 2x" data-file-width="1448" data-file-height="490" /></a><figcaption>Topographic map of Grand Bahama Island</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Bahama&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Grand Bahama Island is populated with a variety of plants, birds, <a href="/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_the_Bahamas" title="List of mammals of the Bahamas">mammals</a> and fish. </p><p>The Bahamas is home to many different species of <a href="/wiki/Bats" class="mw-redirect" title="Bats">bats</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Buffy_flower_bat" title="Buffy flower bat">buffy flower bat</a>, whose hair is white and brown. As the name suggests, it has a flowery nose that helps pollinate flowers and is usually found in dark caves or abandoned homes.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bahama_woodstar" title="Bahama woodstar">Bahama woodstar</a> is a non-migratory hummingbird found in brushy habitats, including forest and undergrowth, areas of low-growing, and scrubby vegetation.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bahama_swallow" title="Bahama swallow">Bahama swallow</a> is a medium-sized bird native to The Bahamas. This <a href="/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">endangered</a> bird breeds in the islands' pine <a href="/wiki/Woodland" title="Woodland">woodland</a>, but is threatened due to <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">human development</a>. This swallow has a green head and back, blue wings with a black tail, and a white belly and chin.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Tiger_shark" title="Tiger shark">tiger shark</a> is a species that gets its name from the vertical stripes that line its body. They are often found near canals, harbours and shallow reefs of Grand Bahama Island.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Tecoma_stans" title="Tecoma stans">yellow elder</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Shrub" title="Shrub">shrub</a> native to The Bahamas. It is densely branched with bright green leaves and yellow flowers that usually attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Casuarina" title="Casuarina">casuarina</a> is an <a href="/wiki/Invasive_species" title="Invasive species">invasive species</a> to The Bahamas. It is a flowering shrub or tree with fine leaves that can grow to a height of 65 feet. 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