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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 ]
Turks and Caicos (Providenciales) A British Overseas Territory made up of eight major islands — six are inhabited — Turks and Caicos is located between the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic.
The U.S. State Department issued a Level 2 travel advisory for the Bahamas on Jan. 26 due to crime and water safety. Most crime occurs on New Providence (Nassau) and Grand Bahama (Freeport) islands.
By 1991, Pan Am had increased its service to four Boeing 727-200 flights a week nonstop to Miami while at the same time Cayman Airways was operating two nonstop flights a week to Miami with Boeing 737-200 jets. [12] In 1993–1994 Carnival Air Lines was operating two nonstop flights a week to Miami with Boeing 727-100 jetliners. [13] [14]
The U.S. embassy in the Bahamas has released a security warning and travel advisory that the island nation is currently unsafe for tourists amidst 18 murders — “primarily” motivated by gang ...
Ambergris Cay International Airport is located on the island. At 5,700 ft (1,700 m), it is the longest privately held airstrip in the Caribbean. [6] The flight time from the main airport in Turks and Caicos Islands, Providenciales International Airport (PLS), to Big Ambergris Cay is approximately 18 minutes. [10]
Bahamas: Fishing trip. (Visit made as President-elect.) March 29 – April 11, 1934: Elbow Cay, Gun Cay [6] Fishing trip. July 5–6, 1934 Haiti: Cap-Haïtien: Informal visit en route to vacation in Hawaii. March 27 – April 6, 1935 Bahamas: Cat Cays, Lobos Cay, Great Inagua Island, Crooked Island [6] Fishing trip. March 24 – April 7, 1936
Turks and Caicos police are investigating a triple murder, including that of a 3-year-old boy, after discovering three bodies in Providenciales on Tuesday.