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Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos Islands are only about 60 km long, and consist of over 40 islands and cays. These islands have fabulous beaches throughout; in particular, Grace Bay.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Providenciales and Grand Turk.

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 98 km2 and a 2012 Census population of 23,769.

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is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory, in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies.

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is the smallest main inhabited island in the British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos. It has a population of 108 and has an area of 2.6 square miles.

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

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is the second-largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. To the west, the Caicos Cays link to . To the east, it is separated from by Juniper Hole, a narrow passage that can accommodate only small boats.

is an 800-acre privately owned island occupied by 38 homeowners and a small exclusive resort called in the Turks and Caicos Islands. resort consists of 13 beachfront hotel rooms, a restaurant, clubhouse and bar.

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is a small island in the . It is known for scuba diving and fishing. It is less developed than some other islands, good for relaxing away from hectic tourism but less than ideal if you are looking for excitement and nightlife.

Turks and Caicos Islands

Latitude of center
21.8041° or 21° 48′ 15″ north
Longitude of center
-71.7448° or 71° 44′ 41″ west
Population
41,000
Area
166 miles² (430 km²)
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Capital
Cockburn Town
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Phone code
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Internet domain
+1-649
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
3576916
Wiki­data ID
Q18221
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Turks and Caicos Islands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Turks- en Caicos-eilande”
  • Afrikaans: “Turks- en Caicoseilande”
  • Akan: “Turks ne Caicos Islands”
  • Albanian: “Ishujt Turks dhe Kaikos”
  • Albanian: “Turks dhe Kaikos”
  • Amharic: “ተርክስና ከይከስ ደሴቶች”
  • Amharic: “የቱርኮችና የካኢኮስ ደሴቶች”
  • Angika: “तुर्क आरो कोकोस द्वीप”
  • Arabic: “جزر تركس وكايكوس”
  • Arabic: “جزر توركس وكايكوس”
  • Arabic: “جزر توركس وكيكوس”
  • Aragonese: “Islas Turcas y Caicos”
  • Armenian: “Թերքս և Քայքոս կղզիներ”
  • Armenian: “Թըրքս և Կայկոս կղզիներ”
  • Arpitan: “Iles Turques et Cayiques”
  • Assamese: “টাৰ্কছ অৰু কেইক’ছ দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Asturian: “Islles Turques y Caicos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Törks və Kaykos adaları”
  • Azerbaijani: “Törks və Kaykos”
  • Balinese: “Kapuloan Turks miwah Caicos”
  • Bambara: “Turiki Gun ni Kayiki”
  • Basque: “Turk eta Caico uharteak”
  • Basque: “Turkak eta Caicoak”
  • Basque: “Turks eta Caicos uharteak”
  • Belarusian: “Астравы Цёркс і Кайкас”
  • Belarusian: “Тэркс і Кайкас астравы”
  • Belarusian: “Тэркс і Кэйкас”
  • Belarusian: “Цёркс і Кайкас”
  • Bengali: “টার্কস ও কেইকোস দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Bengali: “তুর্কস ও কাইকোস দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Bishnupriya: “তার্কস বারো কাইকোস দ্বীপমালা”
  • Bosnian: “Ostrva Turks i Caicos”
  • Bosnian: “Ostrva Turks i Kaikos”
  • Bosnian: “Turks i Caicos”
  • Breton: “Inizi Turks ha Caicos”
  • Bulgarian: “острови Търкс и Кайкос”
  • Bulgarian: “Търкс и Кайкос”
  • Burmese: “တခ်စ်နှင့်ကာအီကိုစ်ကျွန်းစု”
  • Catalan: “illes Turks i Caicos”
  • Catalan: “Illes Turks i Caicos”
  • Catalan: “Turks i Caicos”
  • Cebuano: “Kapupud-an Turks ug Kaikos”
  • Central Bikol: “Kaislahan kan Turcas asin Caicos”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوورگەکانی تورکس و کایکۆس”
  • Chechen: “Тёркс а, Кайкос а гӀайренаш”
  • Chechen: “Теркс а, Кайкос а”
  • Chechen: “Тёркс а”
  • Chinese: “Turks kap Caicos Kûn-tó”
  • Chinese: “土克凱可群島”
  • Chinese: “特克斯及凱科斯群島”
  • Chinese: “特克斯和凯科斯群岛”
  • Chinese: “特克斯和凱科斯群島”
  • Chuvash: “Тĕркс тата Кайкос”
  • Cornish: “Turks ha Kaykos”
  • Croatian: “Otoci Turks i Caicos”
  • Czech: “Turks a Caicos”
  • Danish: “Turks- og Caicosøerne”
  • Dhivehi: “ޓާކަސް އަދި ކައިކޯ ޖަޒީރާ”
  • Dutch: “TC”
  • Dutch: “TCA”
  • Dutch: “Turks- en Caicoseilanden”
  • Dzongkha: “ཏུརྐས྄་ ཨེནཌ་ ཀ་ཀོས་གླིང་ཚོམ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزر تيركس و سايكوس”
  • Erzya: “Тёркс ды Кайкос”
  • Esperanto: “Turkoj kaj Kajkoj”
  • Estonian: “Turks ja Caicos”
  • Ewe: “Tɛks kple Kaikos ƒudomekpowo nutome”
  • Faroese: “Turks- og Caicosoyggjar”
  • Finnish: “Turks and Caicos Islands”
  • Finnish: “Turks- ja Caicossaaret”
  • French: “Îles Turks et Caïques”
  • French: “îles Turks-et-Caïcos”
  • French: “Îles Turks-et-Caïcos”
  • French: “Îles Turques et Caïques”
  • French: “Îles Turques-et-Caïques”
  • Fulah: “Duuɗe Turke e Keikoos”
  • Gagauz: “Turks hem Caicos Adaları”
  • Galician: “Illas Turks e Caicos”
  • Galician: “Turks e Caicos”
  • Ganda: “Bizinga by’eTaaka ne Kayikosi”
  • Georgian: “თერქს-ქაიქოსის კუნძულები”
  • Georgian: “ტერქსისა და კაიკოსის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Turks- und Caicosinseln”
  • Greek: “Νήσοι Τερκς και Κάικος”
  • Greek: “Τερκ και Κάικος”
  • Greek: “Τερκ και Κέικος”
  • Greek: “Τερκς και Κέικος”
  • Gujarati: “ટર્ક્સ એન્ડ કેઇકોસ આઇલેન્ડ્સ”
  • Gujarati: “તુર્ક્સ અને કેકોઝ આઇલેન્ડ્સ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Turks lâu Caicos Khiùn-tó”
  • Hausa: “Turkis Da Tsibiran Kaikwas”
  • Hebrew: “איי טורקס וקאיקוס”
  • Hebrew: “איי טרקס וקייקוס”
  • Hindi: “टर्क्स और केकोस द्वीप-समूह”
  • Hindi: “तुर्क और केकोस द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “तुर्क और कैकोज़ द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hungarian: “Turks- és Caicos-szigetek”
  • Icelandic: “Turks- og Caicoseyjar”
  • Ido: “Insuli Turks e Kaikos”
  • Ido: “Turks e Kaikos-Insuli”
  • Igbo: “Agwaetiti Turks na Caicos”
  • Inari Sami: “Turks- já Caicossuolluuh”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Turks dan Caicos”
  • Interlingua: “Insulas Turcos e Caicos”
  • Irish: “Oileáin na dTurcach agus Caicos”
  • Italian: “Isole Turks e Caicos”
  • Italian: “Turks e Caicos”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Toerx ah Kiekos”
  • Japanese: “TCI”
  • Japanese: “タークス・カイコス諸島”
  • Javanese: “Kapuloan Turks lan Caicos”
  • Javanese: “Turks lan Kapuloan Kaikos”
  • Kannada: “ಟರ್ಕ್ಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ಕೈಕೋಸ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
  • Kashmiri: “تُرُک تہٕ کیکوس جٔزیٖرٕ”
  • Kazakh: “Теркс және Кайкос аралдары”
  • Kazakh: “Төркс пен Кайкос”
  • Kazakh: “Туркс пен Кайкос”
  • Khmer: “កោះ​ទួគ និង កៃកូស”
  • Kikuyu: “Visiwa vya Turki na Kaiko”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ibirwa bya Takisi na Kayikosi”
  • Kirghiz: “Теркс жана Кайкос аралдары”
  • Kirghiz: “Түркс жана Кайкос аралдары”
  • Korean: “터크스 케이커스 제도”
  • Korean: “터크스케이커스”
  • Kurdish: “Giravên Turk û Kaîkos”
  • Kurdish: “Giravên Turks û Kaykosê”
  • Ladin: “Ijules Turks y Caicos”
  • Lao: “ໝູ່ເກາະ ເທີກ ແລະ ໄຄໂຄສ”
  • Latin: “Insulae Turcenses et Caicenses”
  • Latvian: “Tērksas un Kaikosas salas”
  • Latvian: “Tērksas un Kaikosas”
  • Ligurian: “Turks e Caicos”
  • Limburgan: “Turks- en Caicoseilen”
  • Lingala: “Bisanga bya Turki mpé Kaiko”
  • Lingala: “Turks mpé Caicos”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Turcs e Caicos”
  • Lithuanian: “Terksas ir Kaikosas”
  • Lithuanian: “Terkso ir Kaikoso Salos”
  • Lombard: “Turks e Caicos”
  • Low German: “Turks- un Caicosinseln”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Turks a Caicos”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Lutanda lua Tuluki ne Kaiko”
  • Luxembourgish: “Turks & Caicos”
  • Luxembourgish: “Turks a Caicos”
  • Luxembourgish: “Turks- a Caicosinselen”
  • Macedonian: “Острови Туркс и Каикос”
  • Macedonian: “Туркс и Кајкос”
  • Malagasy: “Nosy Turks sy Caïques”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Turks dan Caicos”
  • Malayalam: “ടർക്ക്‌സും കെയ്‌ക്കോ ദ്വീപുകളും”
  • Malayalam: “ടർക്സ്-കൈകോസ് ദ്വീപുകൾ”
  • Maltese: “Gżejjer Turks u Caicos”
  • Maltese: “Gżejjer Turks u Kajkos”
  • Maltese: “il-Gżejjer Turks u Caicos”
  • Marathi: “टर्क्स आणि कैकास द्वीपसमूह”
  • Marathi: “टर्क्स आणि कैकोस बेटे”
  • Mazanderani: “تورکس و کایکوس”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Turks gâe̤ng Caicos Gùng-dō̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Turks kap Caicos Kûn-tó”
  • Mingrelian: “ტერქსიშ დო კაიკოსიშ კოკეფი”
  • Mongolian: “Турк ба Кайкосын Арлууд”
  • Nepali: “तुर्क र काइकोस टापु”
  • North Ndebele: “Turks and Caicos Islands”
  • Northern Frisian: “Turks an Caicos Eilunen”
  • Northern Sami: “Turks ja Caicos-sullot”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Turks- og Caicosøyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Turks- og Caicosøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Turks- og Caicosøyene”
  • Novial: “Turks e Kaikos Isles”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illas Turcas e Caïcas”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Turcas and Caicos Īegland”
  • Oriya: “ତୁର୍କସ୍‌ ଏବଂ କାଇକୋସ୍‌ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ”
  • Ossetian: “Теркс æмæ Кайкос”
  • Panjabi: “ਟੁਰਕਸ ਅਤੇ ਕੈਕੋਸ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Panjabi: “ਤੁਰਕ ਅਤੇ ਕੇਕੋਸ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Persian: “جزایر تورکس و کایکوس”
  • Picard: “Îles Turques-pi-Caïques”
  • Piemontese: “Turks e Caicos”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Dem Turks a‘ Caicos Ailen”
  • Polish: “Turks i Caicos”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Turcas e Caicos”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Turks e Caicos”
  • Portuguese: “tc”
  • Portuguese: “TCI”
  • Portuguese: “Turcas & Caicos”
  • Portuguese: “Turcas e Caicos”
  • Portuguese: “Turks & Caicos”
  • Portuguese: “Turks e Caicos”
  • Portuguese: “Turks e Caicós”
  • Pushto: “د ترکیې او کیکاسو ټاپو”
  • Pushto: “کايکوس او تورکي ټاپوګان”
  • Quechua: “Islas Turcas y Caicos”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Turks şi Caicos”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Turks și Caicos”
  • Romansh: “Inslas Turks e Caicos”
  • Rundi: “Amazinga ya Turkisi na Cayikosi”
  • Russian: “о-ва Тёркс и Кайкос”
  • Russian: “Острова Теркс и Кайкос”
  • Russian: “Острова Тёркс и Кайкос”
  • Russian: “Теркс и Кайкос”
  • Russian: “Тёркс и Кайкос”
  • Sango: “Âzûâ Turku na Kaîki”
  • Scots: “Turks an Caicos Islands”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Na h-Eileanan Turcach is Caiceo”
  • Serbian: “tc”
  • Serbian: “Острва Теркс и Кејкос”
  • Serbian: “Острва Туркс и Каикос”
  • Serbian: “Теркс и Кејкос”
  • Serbian: “ТК”
  • Serbian: “Туркс и Кајкос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Turks i Caicos Otoci”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Turks i Caicos”
  • Shan: “မူႇၵုၼ် ထၢၵ်ႈ လႄႈ ၶေးၶတ်ႉ”
  • Shona: “Zvitsuwa zveTurk neCaico”
  • Sicilian: “Turks and Caicos Islands”
  • Sicilian: “Turks e Caicos”
  • Sindhi: “ترڪ ۽ ڪيڪوس ٻيٽ”
  • Sinhala: “ටර්කස් සහ කයිකොස්”
  • Sinhala: “ටර්ක්ස් සහ කයිකොස් දූපත්”
  • Slovak: “Ostrovy Turks a Caicos”
  • Slovak: “Turks a Caicos”
  • Slovenian: “Otoki Turks in Caicos”
  • Slovenian: “tc”
  • Slovenian: “TCI”
  • Slovenian: “Turks in Caicos”
  • Somali: “Turks & Kaikos Island”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تورکس و کایکوس آدالاری”
  • Spanish: “Islas Turcas y Caicos”
  • Sundanese: “Kapuloan Turks jeung Kaikos”
  • Swahili: “Visiwa vya Turks na Caicos”
  • Swedish: “Turks and Caicos Islands”
  • Swedish: “Turks- och Caicosöarna”
  • Swiss German: “Turks- und Caicosinseln”
  • Tagalog: “Kapuluang Turcas at Caicos”
  • Tagalog: “Katurkuhan at Kapuluang Caicos”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазираҳои Теркс ва Кайкос”
  • Tamil: “டர்க்ஸ் & கைகோஸ் தீவுகள்”
  • Tamil: “துர்கசு கைகோசு தீவுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Теркс һәм Кайкос утраулары”
  • Tatar: “Төркс һәм Кайкос”
  • Telugu: “టర్క్సు&కైకోసు దీవులు”
  • Telugu: “టర్క్స్ మరియు కాయికోస్ దీవులు”
  • Telugu: “టర్క్స్ మరియు కైకోస్ దీవులు”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะเติกส์และเคคอส”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะเติกส์และหมู่เกาะเคคอส”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะเติร์กและไคคอส”
  • Tigrinya: “ደሴታት ቱርክን ካይኮስን”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻOtumotu Tuki mo Kaikosi”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Turks- und Caicosinseln”
  • Turkish: “Turks ve Caicos Adaları”
  • Turkmen: “Terks we Kaýkos adalary”
  • Uighur: “تۇركس ۋە كايكوس ئاراللىرى”
  • Uighur: “تۇركس ۋە كايكوس تاقىم ئاراللىرى”
  • Ukrainian: “Острови Теркс і Кайкос”
  • Urdu: “ٹرکس اور کیکوس جزائر”
  • Urdu: “جزائر کیکس و ترکیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Terks va Kaykos orollari”
  • Uzbek: “Turks va Kaykos orollari”
  • Uzbek: “Tyorks va Kaykos orollari”
  • Venetian: “Ìzołe Turche e Caicos”
  • Vietnamese: “Kepulauan Turks dan Caicos”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Turks và Caicos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Turks ngan Caicos”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd Turks a Caicos”
  • Western Armenian: “Թուրքս ու Քայքոս Կղզիներ”
  • Western Frisian: “Turks- en Caicoseilannen”
  • Western Frisian: “Turks- en Kaikoseilannen”
  • Western Mari: “Тӱркс дӓ Кайкос”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹرکس تے کائیکس جزیرے”
  • Wolof: “Duni Tirk ak Kaykos”
  • Wolof: “Turks and Caicos Islands”
  • Wu Chinese: “特克斯凯科斯群岛”
  • Wu Chinese: “特克斯搭凯科斯群岛”
  • Yakut: “Төркс уонна Кайкос”
  • Yoruba: “Àwọn Erékùṣù Turks àti Caicos”
  • Yoruba: “Tọọki ati Etikun Kakọsi”
  • Yue Chinese: “特克斯與凱科斯群島”
  • Zulu: “i-Turks ne-Caicos Islands”
  • “TC”
  • “TCA”
  • “Turks and Caicos Islands”

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