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Rum Cay
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Rum Cay |
| native_name | Mamana |
| image_skyline | Rum Cay, The Bahamas.jpg |
| image_map | Rum Cay in Bahamas (zoom).svg |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | The Bahamas |
| subdivision_type1 | Island |
| subdivision_name1 | Rum Cay |
| government_type | District Council |
| leader_title1 | Chief Councillor |
| leader_title2 | Deputy Chief Councillor |
| established_title | Established |
| established_date | 1996 |
| area_total_km2 | 78 |
| population_as_of | 2022 |
| population_total | 90 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −4 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 37 |
| postal_code_type |
Rum Cay (formerly known as Mamana and Santa Maria de la Concepción) is an island and district of The Bahamas. It measures 30 sqmi in area, it is located at Lat.: N23 42' 30" - Long.: W 74 50' 00". It has many rolling hills that rise to about 120 feet (37 m).
The main settlement is Port Nelson. Its population was recorded as 90 . Before 1996 the island was part of a combined district of San Salvador and Rum Cay.
Location
Rum Cay is 20 miles (32 km) southwest of San Salvador Island.
History
Aboriginals
Rum Cay was called Mamana (or Manigua), meaning "mid waters land", by the native Lucayans. In the north there is a cave containing Lucayan drawings and carvings. Various artifacts from the Arawak period have been found by farmers in the fertile soil, which the natives enriched with bat guano.
Spanish
Some writers, such as Samuel Eliot Morison, identified Rum Cay as the site of one of Christopher Columbus' landfalls during his 1492 voyage, as the island Columbus called Santa María de la Concepción. However, a variety of other historians, geographers, and other writers identify the island as corresponding to different islands in the Bahamas or Caicos.
Transportation
The island is served by Port Nelson Airport.
References
References
- "Census population and housing".
- "Census population and housing".
- Ahrens, Wolfgang P.. (2015). "Naming the Bahamas Islands: History and Folk Etymology". Onomastica Canadiana.
- [[Wilcomb E. Washburn]], "Landfall Controversy" in ''The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia'', Vol. 1 (ed. [[Silvio Bedini. Silvio A. Bedin]]: Simon & Schuster, 1992).
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