West End
West End is the oldest town and westernmost settlement on the Bahamian island of Grand Bahama. It is agreed by most academics and lawmakers that West End is the current capital of Grand Bahama, contrary to the popular belief that Freeport is the capital of the island.- Type: Town with 12,700 residents
- Description: town in Bahamas
- Also known as: “West End Settlement”, “West End, Bahamas”, “West End, Grand Bahama”, and “يست اند”
Places of Interest
Highlights: West End Airport.
West End
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: West Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
26.68502° or 26° 41′ 6″ north
Longitude
-78.96476° or 78° 57′ 53″ west
Population
12,700
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
IATA airport code
WTD
UN/LOCODE
BS WTD
Open location code
77R3M2PP+23
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“West End” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ወስት ኤንድ”
- Arabic: “ويست إند”
- Arabic: “ويست اند”
- Azerbaijani: “West End”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্ট এন্ড”
- Cebuano: “West End (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “West End”
- Central Kanuri: “West End”
- Chinese: “西区 (大巴哈马)”
- Chinese: “西区”
- Chinese: “西區 (大巴哈馬)”
- Danish: “West End”
- Dutch: “West End, Grand Bahama”
- Esperanto: “West End (Bahamoj)”
- Esperanto: “West End”
- French: “West End”
- German: “West End”
- Hausa: “West End”
- Hindi: “वेस्ट एंड”
- Indonesian: “West End”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・エンド”
- Japanese: “ウェストエンド”
- Javanese: “West End”
- Karekare: “West End”
- Kazakh: “Батыс Ұшы”
- Kirghiz: “Батыш Чокусу”
- Malay: “West End”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West End”
- Norwegian: “West End”
- Oromo: “West End”
- Panjabi: “ਵੈਸਟ ਐਂਡ”
- Persian: “وست اند، گرند باهاما”
- Persian: “وست اند”
- Polish: “West End”
- Portuguese: “West End”
- Pushto: “ویسټ اینډ”
- Russian: “Вест-Энд”
- Somali: “West End”
- Spanish: “West End”
- Swahili: “West End”
- Swedish: “West End, Bahamas”
- Swedish: “West End”
- Tajik: “Қуллаи Ғарб”
- Tatar: “West End”
- Turkish: “Batı Ucu”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ اینڈ، بہاماس”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ اینڈ”
- Uzbek: “West End”
- “West End”
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Places to explore: Bootle Bay and Bahama Beach.
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Highlights: Church of God of Prophecy and Saint Peter’s Baptist church.
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