Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 260,000 (2008 census), nearly 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas (303,611). Lynden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for The Bahamas, is located about 10 miles (16 kilometres) west of Nassau city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and the Caribbean. The city is located on the island of New Providence, which functions much like a federal district. While there is no local government, it is governed directly as an administrative division of the national government.
Nassau has an important location for numerous James Bond novels and films. The most notable is Thunderball released in 1965 where most of the film was based in Nassau and the Junkanoo festival also featured in the film with Sean Connery. Nassau was again the location for the 1983 unofficial remake of the film Never Say Never Again, and it was more recently Nassau featured in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale. Nassau was also featured in the famous Beatles movie Help!
Nassau is also heavily featured in the novel Tobin in Paradise by Author Stanley Morgan. The gist of the novel being that the main character Russ Tobin visits Nassau, and primarily Paradise Island, and the comedic events that ensue.
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