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Turks and Caicos Islands
Date of Membership in CARICOM: 2 Jul 1991 - Learn more about membership in CARICOM
Also Known as:NA
Status of Independence:Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom
Area: 430 km2 (170 miles2 )
Capital City: Cockburn Town, Grand Turk
Population: 39,184 (2011)
Currency: United States Dollar
Highest National Award: NA
GDP: $1,963 Mn (2011)
GDP Growth: –2.1% p.a. 2013
GNI: US$0.81 bn
GNI PC: : US$21,337.90
Island named after ‘Turks’ Head ‘fez’ cactus that grew on the island. Caicos from Lacayan, caya hico
Meaning string of islands
1766 Under British Rule
1804 Turks Islands ruled by Jamaica
1813 Hurricane marked the demise of cotton plantations
1848 Caicos Islands joins Turks Islands ina separate administrative territory of Jamaica
1959 Separates from Jamaica, but maintains same Governor as Jamaica
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Visit Government Portal: http://www.turksandcaicos.tc/government/
John Glen landed down just off Grand Turk in 1962 after his first space flight
The world’s only conch farm was established on Providenciales, Turks and Caico Islands 1984