Turks and Caicos Islands | |
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Motto: "Beautiful By Nature" | |
Anthem: "God Save the Queen" National song: "This Land of Ours"[1] | |
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![]() Location of Turks and Caicos Islands (circled in red) in the Caribbean (light yellow) | |
Status | British Overseas Territory |
Capital | Cockburn Town |
Largest city | Providenciales |
Official languages | English |
Ethnic groups |
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Demonym(s) | Turks and Caicos Islander |
Government | Dependency under constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
• Governor | John Freeman |
Anya Williams | |
• Premier | Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson |
• UK government minister[a] | Baroness Anelay |
Legislature | House of Assembly |
Area | |
• Total | 616.3 km2 (238.0 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
• 2012 census | 31,458 [2] |
• Density | 80/km2 (207.2/sq mi) |
Currency | United States dollar (USD) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Date format | dd mm yyyy (AD) |
Driving side | left |
Calling code | +1‑649 |
ISO 3166 code | TC |
Internet TLD | .tc |
Website www.gov.tc |
The Turks and Caicos Islands are two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea, near the Bahamas. The islands lie southeast of Mayaguana in the Bahamas island chain and north of the island of Hispaniola. Cockburn Town, the capital since 1766, is in the Grand Turk Island about 1,042 kilometres (647 mi) east-southeast of Miami, United States.
The islands have a total land area of 616.3 square kilometres (238.0 sq mi).[b] and they are on a tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[7]
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