Back Turks- en Caicoseilande Afrikaans Turks- und Caicosinseln ALS ተርክስና ከይከስ ደሴቶች Amharic Islas Turcas y Caicos AN Turcas and Caicos Īegland ANG तुर्क आरो कोकोस द्वीप ANP جزر توركس وكايكوس Arabic جزر تيركس و سايكوس ARZ Islles Turques y Caicos AST Törks və Kaykos adaları Azerbaijani
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]
- ↑ "Turks and Caicos Islands –". Nationalanthems.info. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
- ↑ "Census Figures from Turks and Caicos Strategic Planning and Policy Department Website". Sppdtci.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
- ↑ "Turks and Caicos Islands". CIA World Factbook. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ↑ "Demographic Yearbook 2011" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ "Turks and Caicos Islands". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ↑ "TCI Physical characteristics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.
- ↑ UNESCO, "Turks and Caicos Islands"; retrieved 13 Mar 2013.
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