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West Grand Bahama

West End

West End is the oldest town and westernmost settlement on the Bahamian island of . It is agreed by most academics and lawmakers that West End is the current capital of , contrary to the popular belief that Freeport is the capital of the island.
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  • Type: Town with 12,700 residents
  • Description: town in Bahamas
  • Also known as: “West End Settlement”, “West End, Bahamas”, and “West End, Grand Bahama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include West End Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport that serves West End, . While smaller than the other airport on the island located in , this airport has a paved runway 7,999 feet in length as well as onsite customs and immigration.

West End

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
United Nations Location Code
BS WTD
Open location code
77R3M2PP+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9272496395
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3571224
Wiki­data ID
Q1771573
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Satellite Map

Discover West End from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“West End” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويست اند”
  • Arabic: “يست اند”
  • Cebuano: “West End (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “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”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・エンド”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West End”
  • Norwegian: “West End”
  • Persian: “وست اند، گرند باهاما”
  • Polish: “West End”
  • Russian: “Вест-Энд”
  • Spanish: “West End”
  • Swedish: “West End, Bahamas”
  • Swedish: “West End”
  • “West End”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West End”. Photo: Bryce Edwards, CC BY 2.0.