Cherokee Sound is a small village in the

Abaco Islands The Abaco Islands lie in the north of Bahamas, The Bahamas, about 193 miles (167.7 nautical miles or 310.6 km) east of Miami, Florida, US. The main islands are Great Abaco and Little Abaco, which is just west of Great Abaco's northern tip. T ...

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. It is one of the oldest settlements in the country.

History

In the 1790s, a group of

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from the

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arrived on the islands via

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, and founded Cherokee Sound.

Politics

Cherokee Sound is part of the

Central and South Abaco Central and South Abaco is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas. It is located in the Abaco Islands and includes the communities of Dundas Town, Murphy Town, and Sandy Point. The current Member of Parlia ...

constituency for elections to the

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References

Populated places in the Bahamas Abaco Islands {{Bahamas-geo-stub