Editing Eleuthera (section)

== Economy and settlements ==
[[File:Eleuthera.jpg|thumb|right|Eleuthera Island is one of several within the archipelago surrounded by shallow seas, visible here as light blue. Mosaic patterns of [[sand waves]] built by sea bottom currents in the shallows stand out in stark contrast to the deep blue of the ocean depths of a thousand feet in the [[Exuma Sound]].]]
Settlements on the island include (north to south) the Bluff, Upper and Lower Bogue, Current, Gregory Town, Alice Town, James Cistern, Governor's Harbour, North and South Palmetto Point, [[Savannah Sound]], Winding Bay, [[Tarpum Bay]], [[Rock Sound, Bahamas|Rock Sound]], Greencastle, Deep Creek, Delancy Town, Waterford, [[Wemyss Bight, Bahamas|Wemyss Bight]], John Millars, Millar's and Bannerman Town.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/About%20The%20Bahamas/The%20Islands/ELEUTHERA/!ut/p/b1/vZLJlqIwFIafpR7AIkTGZRwIKIYZ0Q2HSRQElRmevq0-vajuc7qqF12VrJLzJf_Nl0sdKY86lkF3SYPmciuD69v6yPlzgHcIMcIOs4ADiqOrSOdlqNHsEzh8ADDgs_N7yrMPc3VZK720Nv37sW4NZktoyFUDim5pY0otK0cs2eBQ2tSi3pI4IY-pWONzlQjE5rQ6iYma8yW_B_ZpaZyimWTpGbg-ym4btzgON5fwxDF9h1XoBQNd9ZHoJ4HMBVi0g63GXauODrwLty8d2S0CT4vLncCP5h31ihQEijUuLHdQzueDer4qwQ1ttkgzV0kgzAzeuyvGy8svD-AvA_2Dh-OHyBZ-Aryp_gl8UMPhCfDvbrBdABQaINOiDSAQmrIpDzC-lY13ZconM5tMhTgp3E0LnV6DcTd5NnHycddIxMrzkc6fe04OrcmB9YQmS1T12DWdBVoURPLOfwZq0BafgUua2zossADz1YGY1YSnI97WEQsB1ujvDpx_q1Ksa-DLX_hb0zDG___DDXW8hMVrHxWv4FUQOZrlBUYUOMAwAk-52YFVl4LSrxXbv9yjKPZ06D6cmbHAudEOUlOA_BwOSpP6fheuE0kdmOJexuleRL3kmDPLyzLkr2qcVjV3iQ9eD2Ae4pOHCNM_u7Im6lA0peU-llGmZOl-JSSkiuhW4Bk4tw7YHc_H7VQljb1r9BLCxOVgBoPHYNwimanaWWY2bZ4v_NHiZXUaSoHMl4Z7MrfnyjZasLzl88ANi1ZHDlyDi3ZP9l23qg0dC4aHBUuuTs1KTI1VdyU3isi3IqHuhdOpnClP3ruZoJcfe7iNrg!!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|title=Eleuthera|publisher=The Bahamas Government Website |access-date=22 February 2017}}</ref>

The largest of the settlements are [[Governor's Harbour]] (the administrative capital), Rock Sound, [[Tarpum Bay]], [[Harbour Island, Bahamas|Harbour Island]] with its unusual pink sandy beaches and [[Spanish Wells]].<ref name="CityPop">{{cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/bahamas-eleuthera.php |title=Eleuthera Districts|publisher=City Population |access-date=21 February 2017}}</ref> The largest settlements in terms of population in Eleuthera are [[Dunmore Town]], Spanish Wells and Rock Sound.<ref name="CityPop"/>

There is an annual Pineapple Festival in [[Gregory Town]]. Eleuthera is a destination for those interested in Bahamian history and nature, and neighbouring [[Harbour Island (Bahamas)|Harbour Island]] and [[Spanish Wells]] offer further tourism experiences. Natural attractions include the Glass Window Bridge, Hatchet Bay caves, and Surfer's Beach in the north, and Ocean Hole and Lighthouse Beach at the south end. Preacher's Cave on the north end was home to the Eleutherian Adventurers in the mid-17th century, and recent excavations have uncovered [[Arawak peoples|Arawak]] remains at the site.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Origins and genetic legacies of the Caribbean Taino|first1=Hannes|last1=Schroeder|first2=Martin|last2=Sikora|first3=Shyam|last3=Gopalakrishnan|first4=Lara M.|last4=Cassidy|first5=Pierpaolo Maisano|last5=Delser|first6=Marcela Sandoval|last6=Velasco|first7=Joshua G.|last7=Schraiber|first8=Simon|last8=Rasmussen|first9=Julian R.|last9=Homburger|first10=María C.|last10=Ávila-Arcos|first11=Morten E.|last11=Allentoft|first12=J. Víctor|last12=Moreno-Mayar|first13=Gabriel|last13=Renaud|first14=Alberto|last14=Gómez-Carballa|first15=Jason E.|last15=Laffoon|first16=Rachel J. A.|last16=Hopkins|first17=Thomas F. G.|last17=Higham|first18=Robert S.|last18=Carr|first19=William C.|last19=Schaffer|first20=Jane S.|last20=Day|first21=Menno|last21=Hoogland|first22=Antonio|last22=Salas|first23=Carlos D.|last23=Bustamante|first24=Rasmus|last24=Nielsen|first25=Daniel G.|last25=Bradley|first26=Corinne L.|last26=Hofman|first27=Eske|last27=Willerslev|date=March 6, 2018|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=115|issue=10|pages=2341–2346|doi=10.1073/pnas.1716839115|pmid=29463742|pmc=5877975|bibcode=2018PNAS..115.2341S |doi-access=free}}</ref> As of 2000, per capita [[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]] for the island was: $5756 Bahamian,{{verification needed|date=January 2017}} with a chief human economic activity being tourism, and 6% of the population being involved in fishing, agriculture, or mining.<ref name=UNEP/>