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$Title{Turks and Caicos Islands
Statistical Profile of Turks and Caicos Islands}
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$Author{Central Intelligence Agency}
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$Date{1990}
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Country: Turks and Caicos Islands
Book: CIA World Factbook
Author: Central Intelligence Agency
Affiliation: United States Government
Date: 1990
[See Map of Turks and Caicos Is.]
Statistical Profile of Turks and Caicos Islands
Geography
Total area: 430 km2; land area: 430 km2
Comparative area: slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries: none
Coastline: 389 km
Maritime claims:
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 3 nm
Climate: tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and
relatively dry
Terrain: low, flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove swamps
Natural resources: spiny lobster, conch
Land use: 2% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and pastures; 0%
forest and woodland; 98% other
Environment: 30 islands (eight inhabited); subject to frequent hurricanes
Note: located 190 km north of the Dominican Republic in the North
Atlantic Ocean
People
Population: 9,531 (July 1989), growth rate 2.4% (1989)
Birth rate: 25 births/1,000 population (1989)
Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1989)
Net migration rate: 5 migrants/1,000 population (1989)
Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1,000 live births (1989)
Life expectancy at birth: NA years male, NA years female (1989)
Total fertility rate: 3.8 children born/woman (1989)
Nationality: no noun or adjectival forms
Ethnic divisions: majority of African descent
Religion: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Church of God,
Seventh-Day Adventist
Language: English (official)
Literacy: 99% (est.)
Labor force: NA; majority engaged in fishing and tourist industries;
some subsistence agriculture
Organized labor: St. George's Industrial Trade Union
Government
Long-form name: none
Type: colony of the UK
Capital: Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)
Administrative divisions: none (colony of the UK)
Independence: none (colony of the UK)
Constitution: constitution introduced on 30 August 1976, suspended
in 1986, and at present a Constitutional Commission is reviewing its contents
Legal system: based on laws of England and Wales with a small number
adopted from Jamaica and The Bahamas
National holiday: Constitution Day, 30 August (1976)
Branches: executive, bicameral legislature (Executive Council, 14-member
Legislative Council), judicial (Supreme Court)
Leader: Michael J. BRADLEY, Governor (since 1987); Oswald SKIPPINGS,
Chief Minister (since 1988)
Suffrage: universal at age 18
Elections: last held on 3 March 1988 for 13 Legislative Council seats
Political parties and leaders: People's Democratic Movement (PDM),
Oswald Skippings; Progressive National Party (PNP), Dan Malcolm and
Norman Saunders; National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Ariel Missick
Voting strength: PDM 11 seats, PNP 2 seats
Communists: none
Diplomatic representation: as a British colony, the interests of the
Turks and Caicos Islands are represented in the US by the UK;
US--none
Flag: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and
the colonial shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield
is yellow and contains a conch shell, lobster, and cactus
Economy
Overview: The economy is based on fishing, tourism, and offshore
banking. Subsistence farming--corn and beans--exists only on the Caicos
Islands, so that most foods, as well as nonfood products, must be
imported.
GDP: $15 million, per capita $2,020; real growth rate NA% (1980)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
Unemployment rate: NA%
Budget: revenues $12.4 million; expenditures $15.8 million,
including capital expenditures of $2.6 million (FY87)
Exports: $2.9 million (f.o.b., FY84); commodities--lobster, dried
and fresh conch, conch shells; partners--US, UK
Imports: $26.3 million (c.i.f., FY84); commodities--foodstuffs,
drink, tobacco, clothing; partners--US, UK
External debt: $NA
Industrial production: growth rate NA%
Electricity: 9,050 kW capacity; 11.1 million kWh produced,
1,190 kWh per capita (1988)
Industries: fishing, tourism, offshore financial services
Agriculture: corn, beans
Aid: NA
Currency: US currency is used
Exchange rates: US currency is used
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Highways: 121 km, including 24 km tarmac
Ports: Grand Turk, Salt Cay, Providenciales, Cockburn Harbour
Civil air: Air Turks and Caicos (passenger service) and Turks Air Ltd.
(cargo service)
Airports: 7 total, 7 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways;
4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: fair cable and radio services; 1,446 telephones;
stations--3 AM, no FM, several TV; 2 submarine cables; 1 satellite ground
station
Defense Forces
Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK