What is Nassau, Bahamas?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = City of Nassau |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |motto = Forward, Upward, Onward, Together |image_skyline = Nassau01.jpg |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = The Atlantis Resort |image_flag = |image_shield = Coat of Arms of Nassau, New Providence.jpg |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Bahamas |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Bahamas]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Island]] |subdivision_name1 = [[New Providence]] |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = Rebuilt/Renamed |established_date = 1695 |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = |area_total_km2 = 207 |population_as_of = 2010 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |settlement_type = |population_total = 248948 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = 1203 |timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone (North America)|EST]] |utc_offset = −5 |timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] |utc_offset_DST = −4 |coordinates={{coord|25|4||N|77|20||W|region:BS|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = 242 |website = |footnotes = }} <!-- Infobox ends --> [[File:CIA_map_of_the_Bahamas.png|thumb|left|Map showing the Bahamas]] '''Nassau''' is the largest city and the capital of the [[Bahamas]]. Nassau is on [[New Providence Island]]. In 2008 about 260,000 peopl