San Salvador (Bahamas)
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San Salvador is an island in the archipelago of the Bahamas , also called or
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History
Called Guanahani by the Amerindian Tainos who inhabited - that word mean iguana in their language . "
The Indian population was decimated in less than a century, disease or mistreatment.
Later, the island served as an English pirate lair George Watling who gave him his name.
In 1925 , it was renamed San Salvador in the Bahamas, in preference to other applicants under the first land discovered by Columbus.
During the Second World War , the Americans have installed a air base that served them by following the missile test center. This base is now abandoned the island's airport.
The island has suffered from the Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
Geography
San Salvador Island is located furthest to the east of the Bahamas archipelago. It is actually the tip of an underwater mountain of 4500 meters. Surrounded by a coral reef. 19 km long and 8 km wide, covering an area of 169 sq km, it has no relief and its central part is composed of several interconnected lakes.
The island has about 1,000 inhabitants living mainly from tourism. A Club Med is located on the island since 1992.
Several outstanding dive sites are among the finest in the Bahamas.
District
San Salvador is one of 32 districts of the Bahamas. He wears the number 26 on the map.
Sources
References
- Denis Crouzet , Columbus. Herald of the Apocalypse, Payot, 2006, p. 103.
- Denis Crouzet , op. cit., p. 107.
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