Turks and Caicos Islands Villas

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The two island groups are in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Bahamas, north of Hispaniola, and 914 kilometres from Miami in the United States. The territory is geographically contiguous to the Bahamas, but is politically a separate entity. The Caicos Islands are separated by the Caicos Passage from the closest Bahamian islands, Mayaguana and Great Inagua.

The eight main islands and more than 20 smaller islands have a total land area of 616.3 square kilometres, primarily of low, flat limestone with extensive marshes and mangrove swamps and 370 kilometres of beach front. The weather is usually sunny and relatively dry, but suffers frequent hurricanes. The islands have limited natural fresh water resources; private cisterns collect rainwater for drinking. The primary natural resources are spiny lobster, conch and other shellfish.

Turks Islands

The Turks Islands, separated from the Caicos Islands by Turks Island Passage (more than 2,200 m deep), are a chain that stretches north-south. The total area is 26.7 square kilometres. There are two main islands, which are the only inhabited ones of the group:

Grand Turk, Salt Cay

Together with nearby islands, all on Turks Bank, those two main islands form the two of the six administrative districts of the territory that fall within the Turks Islands. Turks Bank has a total area of about 450 km².

Mouchoir Bank

25 kilometres east of the Turks Islands and separated from them by Mouchoir Passage, is Mouchoir Bank. Although it is submerged with a least depth of 1.8 metres , and has no emergent cays or islets, it is part of the Turks and Caicos Islands and falls within its Exclusive Economic Zone. Mouchoir Bank measures 960 km² in area. Two banks further east, Silver Bank and Navidad Bank, are geographically a continuation, but belong politically to the Dominican Republic

The two distinct island groups are separated by the Turks Passage.

Caicos Islands

The Caicos Islands are the larger group, with almost 96 percent of the land area (589.5 km²) and 82 percent of the population (26,584 out of a total of 33,302 in 2006). The spatial arrangement of the islands around the large Caicos Bank (with an area of 7,680 km²) resembles an atoll, with the six large islands in the west, north and east, and a few tiny reefs and cays in the south. The unofficial capital of the Caicos Islands is the village of Kew on North Caicos. There is no official capital because the island group is not an administrative unit. The Caicos Islands encompass four of the six administrative districts of the territory. Four of the six main islands are inhabited, plus two of the smaller islands:

Main islands, from West to East,

West Caicos, North Caicos, Middle Caicos, East Caicos, South Caicos, Ambergris Cay

Inhabited smaller islands, in the Caicos Cays between Providenciales and North Caicos:

Pine Cay, Parrot Cay

The Caicos Islands make up four of the six districts of the territory.

A great many of the tourists who visit the Turks and Caicos Islands are Canadian. Owing to this, the islands' status as a British colony, and historic trade links, some politicians in Canada and the Turks and Caicos have suggested some form of union between Canada (a Commonwealth realm, so they already share the British Monarch as Head of state) and the British territory. In 1917, the Prime Minister of Canada, Robert Borden first suggested that Canada annex Turks and Caicos Islands. In 1974, Canadian New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Max Saltsman introduced a failed attempt at consolidating the islands.

The Turks and Caicos Islands are most well known for ripsaw music. The islands are known for their annual Music and Cultural Festival showcasing many local talents and other dynamic performances by many music celebrities from around the Caribbean and United States.

Several Hollywood stars have built homes in the Turks and Caicos.

Providenciales International Airport is the main international airport serving the Turks and Caicos Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is operated by Providenciales Airport Company. The territory's other international airport is JAGS McCartney International Airport on Grand Turk Island.

The Turks and Caicos Islands lie in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Bahamas and north of Haiti. The archipelago consists of the following islands:

Bay Cay, Belle Isle, Ambergris Cay, Big Cameron Cay, Big Sand Cay, Bird Island, Blue Hills Island, Booby Island, Breeches Island, Bush Cay, Conch Cay, Dellis Cay, Dikish Cay, Donna Cay, East Caicos, East Cay, Fish Cays, Five Cays, Fort George Cay, French Cay, Gibb Cay, Grad Caicos, Grand Turk, Highas Cay, Hog Cay, Iguana Cay, Joe Grants Cay, Little Ambergris Cay, Little Water Cay, Long Cay, Major Hill Cay, Mangrove Cay, Middle Caicos, Middle Creek Cay, Middleton Cay, North Caicos, Parrot Cay, Pear Cay, Pelican Cay, Penniston Cay, Pine Cay, Plandon Cay, Providenciales, Sail Rock Island, Salt Cay, Sand Cay, Seal Cays, Shot Cay, Six Hill Cays, South Caicos , Stubb Cay, The Island, Three Mary Cays, Water Cay, West Caicos, West Sand Spit Island, White Cay

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