The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Turks and Caicos Islands:

Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and ...

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British Overseas Territory The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remnants of the former Br ...

comprising two groups of

tropical islands Tropical Islands Resort is a tropical water park located in the former Brand-Briesen Airfield in Halbe, a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg, Germany, 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the southern boundary of Berlin. I ...

north of the

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexic ...

in the

North Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

General reference

Pronunciation Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct pronunciation") or simply the way a particular ...

: * Common English country name: The

* Official English country name:

The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 1988
/ref> * Common

endonym An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, ...

(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): None *

Demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...

(s): *

Etymology Etymology () The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words ...

: Name of the Turks and Caicos Islands *

ISO country codes ISO 3166-1 (''Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes'') is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It ...

: TC, TCA, 796 *

ISO region codes ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. The ...

: See ISO 3166-2:TC *

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country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all ...

.tc .tc is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Turks and Caicos Islands. Since T.C. also stands for ''Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'' (Republic of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye ...

Geography of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Geography of the Turks and Caicos Islands * The Turks and Caicos Islands are: A

* Location: **

Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's Nort ...

and

Western Hemisphere The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian. The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Politically, the te ...

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North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and th ...

(though not on the

mainland Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it egardless of status under territorial jurisdiction by an entity" The term is often politically, economically and/or dem ...

) **

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

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Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean ...

(

West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greate ...

) **

Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it ...

Eastern Standard Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 U.S. states, states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and ...

( UTC-05),

Eastern Daylight Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a sma ...

( UTC-04) ** Land boundaries: ''none'' *** High: Blue Hills on the island of

Providenciales Providenciales (known locally as Provo) is an island in the northwest Caicos Islands, part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The island has an area of and a 2012 Census population of 23,769. Providenciales is the la ...

*** Low:

0 m ** Coastline:

389 km * Population of the Turks and Caicos Islands: * * Area of the Turks and Caicos Islands: * Atlas of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Environment of the Turks and Caicos Islands

* Turks and Caicos Islands#Climate, Climate of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Renewable energy in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Geology of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Protected areas of the Turks and Caicos Islands ** List of biosphere reserves in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Biosphere reserves in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** National parks of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Wildlife of the Turks and Caicos Islands **

Fauna of the Turks and Caicos Islands Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is ''funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Z ...

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Birds of the Turks and Caicos Islands Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight s ...

*** Mammals of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Natural geographical features of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Islands of the Turks and Caicos Islands Almost all of the Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest island is Cuba. Other sizable islands include Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the smaller islands are ref ...

* Lakes of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Mountains of the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Volcanoes in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Rivers of the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Waterfalls of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Valleys of the Turks and Caicos Islands * World Heritage Sites in the Turks and Caicos Islands: None

Regions of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Ecoregions of the Turks and Caicos Islands

List of ecoregions in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Administrative divisions of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Administrative divisions of the Turks and Caicos Islands *

Districts of the Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands are divided into five administrative districts (one in the Turks Islands and four in the Caicos Islands), and the Island of Grand Turk; four of these are headed by District Commissioners, and Providenciales District ...

= Districts of the Turks and Caicos Islands

* Providenciales and West Caicos *

North Caicos North Caicos is the second-largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands (after Middle Caicos). To the west, the Caicos Cays (the closest is Parrot Cay) link to Providenciales. To the east, it is separated from Middle Caicos by Juniper Hole, a ...

Middle Caicos Middle Caicos is the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. To the west, it is separated from North Caicos by Juniper Hole, and to the east, from East Caicos by Lorimer Creek, both narrow passages that can accommodate only small boats. T ...

* South Caicos and East Caicos *

Grand Turk Grand Turk Island is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands (the smaller of the two archipelagos that make up the island territory) with . Grand Turk contains the territory's capital, Cockburn To ...

Salt Cay, Turks Islands Salt Cay is the second largest of the Turks Islands, one of the two island groups forming of the British territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean. Its area is . The size of the district, which also includes some unpopulated is ...

Demography of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Demographics of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Government and politics of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Politics of the Turks and Caicos Islands Politics of the Turks and Caicos Islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby as of August 9, 2006 the Premier is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. The islands are an inte ...

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...

parliamentary A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...

representative democratic Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represe ...

dependency *

Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used fo ...

of the Turks and Caicos Islands: Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) *

Elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands Elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands are carried out at a national level, with the country divided into fifteen constituencies. Each constituency returns one member to the Legislative Council. Elections must be held at least every four year ...

Political parties in the Turks and Caicos Islands Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with Decision-making, making decisions in Social group, groups, or other forms of Power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of res ...

** 2009 Corruption scandal

Branches of the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Executive branch of the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Head of state A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and ...

Monarch of the United Kingdom The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiw ...

King Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to a ...

** Monarch's representative:

Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands The Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos Islands. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British gove ...

Nigel Dakin Nigel John Dakin (born 28 February 1964) is a British diplomat currently serving as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands. He assumed office on 15 July 2019 in a swearing-in ceremony before the territory's House of Assembly. On 15 December 2 ...

Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a ...

Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands The Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands is the political leader and head of government. The post of premier is the equivalent to chief minister or prime minister in other British Overseas Territories. It is the highest political level that c ...

Washington Misick Charles Washington Misick (born 13 March 1950) is a Turks and Caicos Islander politician who has been the 5th Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands since 20 February 2021. He has been the leader of the Progressive National Party since 20 Dec ...

Cabinet of the Turks and Caicos Islands The Cabinet of the Turks and Caicos Islands comprises the ministers who advise the Governor on government affairs. It was known as the Executive Council under the 1988 Constitution, and was given its current name in the 2006 Constitution. The Cabine ...

Legislative branch of the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands House of Assembly The House of Assembly is the legislature of the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The name of the house was changed from the Legislative Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands to its present name following the implement ...

(

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

) **''Suspended, powers delegated to Governor''

Judicial branch of the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Court system of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Foreign relations of the Turks and Caicos Islands

* Diplomatic missions in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Diplomatic missions of the Turks and Caicos Islands

International organization membership

The government of the Turks and Caicos Islands is a member of: *

Caribbean Community and Common Market The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organization that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) throughout the Caribbean. They have primary objectives to promote econom ...

(Caricom) (associate) *

Caribbean Development Bank The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is a financial institution that helps Caribbean nations finance social and economic programs in its member countries. CDB was established by an Agreement signed on October 18, 1969, in Kingston, Jamaica, and ent ...

(CDB) *

International Criminal Police Organization The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

(Interpol) (subbureau) *

Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to ...

(UPU)

Law and order in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Law of the Turks and Caicos Islands *

Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands The Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands, in its present form, was passed in 2011. 1962 When Jamaica became independent in 1962, the Turks and Caicos Islands, formerly under Jamaican administration, became a Crown colony in its own right. ...

* Crime in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Human rights in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** LGBT rights in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Freedom of religion in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Law enforcement in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Military of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Military of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Command ** Commander-in-chief: King Charles III *** Ministry of Defence of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Forces ** Army of the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Navy of the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Air Force of the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Special forces of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Military history of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Military ranks of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Local government in the Turks and Caicos Islands

History of the Turks and Caicos Islands

History of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Timeline of the history of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Current events of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Military history of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Culture of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Culture of the Turks and Caicos Islands *

Architecture of the Turks and Caicos Islands Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings o ...

* Cuisine of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Festivals in the Turks and Caicos Islands *

Languages of the Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and n ...

* Media in the Turks and Caicos Islands * National symbols of the Turks and Caicos Islands **

Coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands The coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands consists of a gold-coloured escutcheon (shield) charged with a conch shell, lobster and a cactus, supported by two flamingos, and topped with a pelican in the crest. Adopted three years afte ...

Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands The current flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands was adopted on 7 November 1968, and modified in 1999. Prior to this, the islands had several different flags either proposed or utilised. Nevertheless, the Turks and Caicos Islands did not form a s ...

** National anthem of the Turks and Caicos Islands * People of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Public holidays in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Records of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Religion in the Turks and Caicos Islands **

Christianity in the Turks and Caicos Islands Christianity is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism, monotheistic religion based on the Life of Jesus in the New Testament, life and Teachings of Jesus, teachings of Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth. It is the Major religious groups, world's ...

** Hinduism in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Islam in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Judaism in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Sikhism in the Turks and Caicos Islands * World Heritage Sites in the Turks and Caicos Islands: None

Art in the Turks and Caicos Islands

* Art in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Cinema of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Literature of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Music of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Television in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Theatre in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Sports in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Sports in the Turks and Caicos Islands *

Football in the Turks and Caicos Islands The sport of association football in the Turks and Caicos Islands is run by the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association. The association administers the national football team, as well as the WIV Provo Premier League WIV Provo Premier L ...

Economy and infrastructure of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Economy of the Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and no ...

* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 170th (one hundred and seventieth) * Agriculture in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Banking in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** National Bank of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Communications in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Internet in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Companies of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Currency of the Turks and Caicos Islands:

Dollar Dollar is the name of more than 20 currencies. They include the Australian dollar, Brunei dollar, Canadian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Jamaican dollar, Liberian dollar, Namibian dollar, New Taiwan dollar, New Zealand dollar, Singapore dollar, ...

ISO 4217 ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual ...

USD The United States dollar (symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official ...

* Energy in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Energy policy of the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Oil industry in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Mining in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Tourism in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Transport in the Turks and Caicos Islands * the Turks and Caicos Islands Stock Exchange

Education in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Infrastructure of the Turks and Caicos Islands

* Health care in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Transportation in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Airports in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Rail transport in the Turks and Caicos Islands ** Roads in the Turks and Caicos Islands * Water supply and sanitation in the Turks and Caicos Islands

References

External links

Turks and Caicos Weekly News
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada - Turks and Caicos profile

Turks and Caicos - CIA World Factbook

Turks and Caicos Free Press

Turks & Caicos Tourist Board

VisitProvidenciales - Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Tourist Information

History

History of the Turks And Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos History

* ttp://www.worldstatesmen.org/Turks_Caicos.html WorldStatesmen- Turks and Caicos Islands

Relationship with Canada

CBC News Backgrounder - Canada and the Turks and Caicos
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