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Freeport
Freeport, Bahamas · North America
About Freeport
Freeport sits on the route: 35 minutes from West End.
Freeport is in Bahamas, with about 27,000 people. The nearest town is West End, about 32 km away.
Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama in the northwest part of The Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres) of pineyard with substantial areas of swamp and scrubland by the BahamianRead more
government with a mandate to economically develop the area. Freeport has grown to become the second most populous city in The Bahamas.
The main airport serving the city is the Grand Bahama International Airport, which receives domestic flights from various islands of The Bahamas as well as several international flights from the United States, Italy, and Canada. Freeport is also served by domestic Bahamian ferry services to other islands, and an international ferry connection to Miami.
The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) operates the free trade zone, under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement signed in August 1955 whereby the Bahamian government agreed that businesses located in the Freeport area would pay no taxes before 1980, later extended to 2054. The area of the land grants within which the Hawksbill Creek Agreement applies has been increased to 56,000 hectares (138,000 acres).
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Freeport is in Freeport, Bahamas, about 32 km from West End.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 26,910
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Bahamas
- Region
- Freeport
- Timezone
- America/Nassau
- Coordinates
- 26.5333, -78.7000
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