San Salvador Island

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San Salvador Island Guanahani Watling's Island
Island and District
Map of San Salvador Island
San Salvador Island
Coordinates: 24°06′N 74°29′W / 24.100°N 74.483°W / 24.100; -74.483
Country	Bahamas
Island	San Salvador
District	San Salvador
Area
• Total	163 km2 (63 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	930[1]
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern Time Zone)
Area code	242

San Salvador Island, also known as Watling Island, is an island in The Bahamas, that is said to have been found by Christopher Columbus during his first trip to the New World. It has a population of about 1,000 people, and it is a popular tourist spot.

1. ↑ "Preliminary Population and Housing Count by Island and Supervisory District, All Bahamas: Census 2010" (PDF). Bahamas Department of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2022-07-11.