<text id=94CT1445><title>Turks and Caicos Islands—Geography</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Turks and Caicos Islands<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Caribbean, in the western North Atlantic Ocean, 190 km north of the Dominican Republic and southeast of The Bahamas
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 430 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 430 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC