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New Providence
New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population.〔http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yCxJoHuHHa4J:www.blurtit.com/q702844.html+where+is+the+capital+of+the+bahamas+located+70%25&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk ''Seventy percent of the Bahamas population lives on New Providence''〕 It also houses the national capital city of Nassau.〔http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yCxJoHuHHa4J:www.blurtit.com/q702844.html+where+is+the+capital+of+the+bahamas+located&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk ''Nassau, the capital city is located on New Providence island''〕 The island was originally under Spanish control following Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World, but the Spanish government showed little interest in developing the island (and the Bahamas as a whole). Nassau, the island's largest city, was formerly known as Charles-town, but it was burned to the ground by the Spanish in 1684.〔http://www.bahamasfinder.com/nassau.html ''Nassau was formerly known as Charles Town but was burned to the ground by the Spanish in 1684.''〕 It was laid out and renamed Nassau in 1695 by Nicholas Trott, the most successful Lord Proprietor, in honor of the Prince of Orange-Nassau who became William III of England. The three branches of Bahamian Government are all headquartered on New Providence: the executive, the legislative, and the judiciary. New Providence functions as the main commercial hub of the Bahamas. It is also home to more than 400 banks and trust companies, and its hotels and port account for more than two thirds of the four million-plus tourists who visit the Bahamas annually. Other settlements on New Providence include Grants Town, Bain Town, Fox Hill, Adelaide, Yamacraw, South Beach, Coral Harbour, Lyford Cay, Paradise Island, Sea Breeze, Centreville, The Grove (South) and The Grove (West Bay), Cable Beach, Deportee, Gambier, and Love Beach.
==Etymology==
The name New Providence Island is derived from a 16th‐century governor who gave thanks to Divine Providence for his survival after a shipwreck. The "New" was added later to distinguish it from a small island off British Honduras (now Belize) used by pirates.
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