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Providenciales (known locally as Provo) is an island in the northwest Caicos Islands, part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. [2] The island has an area of 98 km 2 (38 sq mi) and a 2012 Census population of 23,769. [ 1 ]
The Postage Stamps of the Turks Islands. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1917 29p. Supplement 1936 12p. Challis, John J. Turks Islands and Caicos Islands to 1950: Postage Stamps, Postal Stationery, Postal History. Harrogate: Roses Caribbean Philatelic Society, 1983 118p. Series Title: Roses Caribbean philatelic handbook; no. 6. Proud, Edward B.
The Turks and Caicos Islands are perhaps best known musically for ripsaw music, a genre which originated on the islands. [59]: 34 The Turks and Caicos 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.
The Turks and Caicos Islands are divided into five administrative districts (one in the Turks Islands and four in the Caicos Islands), and the Island of Grand Turk; four of these are headed by District Commissioners, and Providenciales District is run by the Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Premier in Providenciales.
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Blue Hills are the highest point of Turks and Caicos Islands , a British Overseas Territory located in the Caribbean , with an elevation of 49 metres (161 ft).
Providenciales International Airport (IATA: PLS, ICAO: MBPV), on the island of Providenciales in the Caicos Islands, is the main international airport serving the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. It is operated by Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA).
Wheeland is a town on Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. As of 2012 it had a population of 3,210. [1] Wheeland is located between Blue Hills and Northwest Point. There are two residential neighborhoods in the area: Millennium Heights and Wheeland Settlement. The Wheeland Pond is the site of a former sand quarry.
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory located southeast of Mayaguana in the Bahamas and north of the island of Hispaniola. It consists of two groups of sub-tropical islands in the West Indies, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands. The total population is about 36,000, of whom approximately 22,500 live ...