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Ragged Island
Ragged Island is a small island and district in the southern Bahamas.
Until recently it had an active salt industry, the salt ponds having been developed in the 19th Century by a Mr. Duncan Taylor, after whom Duncan Town , the only settlement, is named.
The island was badly affected by Hurricane Donna and there has been a gradual emigration to more prosperous islands such as New Providence. The population of Ragged Island in the 2000 census was just 72.
Last updated: 10-11-2005 09:39:08
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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