Providenciales

Providenciales is an island in the northwest Caicos Islands, part of the , a British Overseas Territory. The island has an area of 98 km2 and a 2012 Census population of 23,769.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Also known as: Blue Hills”, “Providence Island”, and “Providenciales Island

Places of Interest

Highlights include Providenciales International Airport and Our Lady of Divine Providence Church, Providenciales.

Aerodrome
, on the island of Providenciales in the Caicos Islands, is the main international airport serving the , a British Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.

Church
The is a Catholic place of worship on Providenciales, an island of in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wheeland.

Village
is a town on Providenciales, . As of 2012 it had a population of 3,210. is located between Blue Hills and Northwest Point.

Providenciales

Latitude
21.7805° or 21° 46′ 50″ north
Longitude
-72.2455° or 72° 14′ 44″ west
Population
32,100
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
IATA airport code
PLS
United Nations Location Code
TC PLS
Open location code
77H9QQJ3+6Q
Geo­Names ID
3576944
Wiki­data ID
Q1616654
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Providenciales” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بروفيدنسياليس
  • Bulgarian: Провидансиал
  • Catalan: Providenciales
  • Cebuano: Providenciales Island
  • Chinese: 普罗维登西亚莱斯岛
  • Chinese: 普羅維登西亞萊斯島
  • Czech: Providenciales
  • Dutch: Providenciales
  • French: Île de Providenciales
  • French: Providenciales
  • Galician: Providenciales
  • German: Providenciales
  • Hebrew: פרובידנסיאלדס
  • Italian: Providenciales
  • Japanese: プロビデンシアレス島
  • Japanese: プロビデンシャレス島
  • Lithuanian: Providensjalas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Providenciales
  • Norwegian: Providenciales
  • Polish: Providenciales
  • Portuguese: Providenciales
  • Russian: Провиденсьялес
  • Serbian: Провиденсиалес
  • Sinhala: ප්‍රොවිඩෙන්සියල්ස්, ටර්ක්ස් සහ කයිකෝස් දූපත්
  • Slovenian: Providenciales
  • Spanish: Providenciales
  • Ukrainian: Провіденсьялес
  • Wu Chinese: 普羅維登西亞萊斯島

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