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Turks and Caicos Islands (dependent state)
Coordinates:
Lat: 21 44 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 21.7333 decimal degrees
Long: 071 35 00 W degrees minutes Long: -71.5833 decimal degrees
Note: Comprises two low lying island groups on an eastern extension of the Great Bahama Bank; area had been inhabited by a primitive culture, but was uninhabited when Ponce de Leon arrived in 1512; British settlers arrived in 1678, and brought Africans here as slaves; official language is English.
Names:
Turks and Caicos Islands (preferred C ,V ,English-P ,U ,N )Turks and Caicos Islands Malay (macrolanguage) )Turks and Caicos Islands North Ndebele )Turks and Caicos Islands Maltese )Turks and Caicos Islands Somali )Colony of the Turks and Caicos Islands (C ,V )TCA (C ,O ,ISO3L )TC (C ,O ,ISO2L )ISO796 (C ,O ,ISO3N )TK (C ,O ,FIPS )Amazinga ya Turkisi na Cayikosi (C ,U ,O ,Rundi )Âzûâ Turku na Kaîki (C ,U ,Sangho )Bisanga bya Turki mpé Kaiko (C ,U ,Lingala )Bizinga by'eTaaka ne Kayikosi (C ,U ,Ganda (Ugandan language) )Duuɗe Turke e Keikoos (C ,U ,Fulah )îles Turks-et-Caïcos (C ,U ,French )Îles Turks et Caïques (C ,U ,French )Îles Turques-et-Caïques (C ,U ,French )Ilhas Turks e Caicos (C ,U ,Portuguese )Illas Turks e Caicos (C ,U ,Galician )Illes Turks i Caicos (C ,U ,Catalan )Inizi Turks ha Caicos (C ,U ,Breton )Inslas Turks e Caicos (C ,U ,Romansh )Insulas Turcos e Caicos (C ,U ,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) )Insulele Turks și Caicos (C ,U ,Romanian )Islas Turcas y Caicos (C ,U ,Spanish )Isole Turks e Caicos (C ,U ,Italian )i-Turks and Caicos Islands (C ,U ,Zulu )Kepulauan Turks dan Caicos (C ,U ,Indonesian )Lutanda lua Tuluki ne Kaiko (C ,U ,Luba-Katanga )Nosy Turks sy Caïques (C ,U ,Malagasy )Oileáin Turks agus Caicos (C ,U ,Irish Gaelic )Orílẹ́ède Tọọki ati Etikun Kakọsi (C ,U ,Yoruba )Ostrovy Turks a Caicos (C ,U ,Czech )Otočji Turks in Caicos (C ,U ,Slovene )ʻOtumotu Teki mo Keikosi (C ,U ,Tonga (Tonga Islands) )Quần Đảo Turk và Caicos (C ,U ,Vietnamese )Tērksas un Kaikosas salas (C ,U ,Latvian )Tɛks kple Kaikos ƒudomekpowo nutome (C ,U ,Ewe )Turiki Gun ni Kayiki (C ,U ,Bambara )Turk eta Caicos uharteak (C ,U ,Basque )Turkis Da Tsibiran Kaikwas (C ,U ,Hausa )Turks a Caicos (C ,U ,Slovak )Turks en Caicos Eilande (C ,U ,Afrikaans )Turks- en Caicoseilanden (C ,U ,Dutch )Turks- és Caicos-szigetek (C ,U ,Magyar (Hungarian) )Turks i Caicos (C ,U ,Catalan )Turks i Caicos Polish )Turks i Kajkos Ostrva (C ,U ,Bosnian )Turks ja Caicos (C ,U ,Estonian )Turks- ja Caicossaaret (C ,U ,Finnish )Turks ja Caicos-sullot (C ,U ,Northern Sami )Turkski i Kaikos Otoci (C ,U ,Croatian )Turks ne Caicos Islands (C ,U ,Akan )Turks- och Caicosöarna (C ,U ,Swedish )Turks- og Caicoseyjar (C ,U ,Icelandic )Turks- og Caicosøerne (C ,U ,Danish )Turks- og Caicosøyane (C ,U ,Norwegian (Nynorsk) )Turks- og Caicosøyene (C ,U ,Norwegian (Bokmål) )Turks- og Caicosoyggjarnar (C ,U ,Faroese )Turkso ir Caicoso salos (C ,U ,Lithuanian )Turks- und Caicosinseln (C ,U ,German )Turks ve Caicos Adaları (C ,U ,Turkish )Türk və Kaykos Adaları (C ,U ,Azerbaijani )Visiwa vya Turki na Kaiko (C ,U ,Swahili (generic) )Visiwa vya Turki na Kaiko Kikuyu )Ynysoedd Turks a Caicos (C ,U ,Welsh )Zvitsuwa zveTurk neCaico (C ,U ,Shona )터크스케이커스 (C ,U ,Korean )Теркс і Кайкос (C ,U ,Ukrainian )ترکس اور کیکاؤس جزائر (C ,U ,Urdu )ટર્ક્સ એન્ડ કૈકોસ આઇલેન્ડ્સ (C ,U ,Gujarati )جزر الترك وجايكوس (C ,U ,Arabic )የቱርኮችና የካኢኮስ ደሴቶች (C ,U ,Tigrinya )የቱርኮችና የካኢኮስ ደሴቶች Amharic )Туркс и Кајкос Острва (C ,U ,Serbian )جزایر ترک و کایکوس (C ,U ,Persian-Farsi )ତୁର୍କସ୍ ଏବଂ ସାଇକସ୍ ଦ୍ବୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ (C ,U ,Odia )Острови Туркс и Кайкос (C ,U ,Bulgarian )Турк и Каикос Острови (C ,U ,Macedonian )ටර්ක්ස් සහ කයිකොස් දූපත් (C ,U ,Sinhala )Острова Тёркс и Кайкос (C ,U ,Russian )ടര്ക്ക്സും കൈക്കോ ദ്വീപുകളും (C ,U ,Malayalam )터크스 케이커스 제도 (C ,U ,Korean )タークス諸島・カイコス諸島 (C ,U ,Japanese )তুর্কস ও কাইকোস দ্বীপপুঞ্জ (C ,U ,Bengali )איי טורקס וקאיקוס (C ,U ,Hebrew )หมู่เกาะเติกส์และหมู่เกาะเคคอส (C ,U ,Thai )तुर्क र काइकोस टापु (C ,U ,Nepali )Тэркс і Кайкас астравы (C ,U ,Belarusian )తుర్క్ మరియు కాలికోస్ దీవులు (C ,U ,Telugu )टर्क्स आणि कैकोस बेटे (C ,U ,Marathi )ಟರ್ಕ್ಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ಕೈಕೋಸ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು (C ,U ,Kannada )Νήσοι Τερκς και Κάικος (C ,U ,Greek )तुर्क् और् कैकोज़ द्वीप (C ,U ,Hindi )டர்க்ஸ் மற்றும் கைகோஸ் தீவுகள் (C ,U ,Tamil )特克斯和凯科斯群岛 (C ,U ,Chinese )
Hierarchical Position:
Additional Parents:
Place Types:
dependent state (preferred C ) ............ British since 17th cen., under separate government from Bahamas & Jamaica since 1962
primary political unit (C )
colony (C ) ............ since 1962
dependent political entity (C )
Related geographic places:
capital is .... Cockburn Town .................. (World, North and Central America, Turks and Caicos Islands) [7593844]
Sources and Contributors:
ટર્ક્સ એન્ડ કૈકોસ આઇલેન્ડ્સ.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
ତୁର୍କସ୍ ଏବଂ ସାଇକସ୍ ଦ୍ବୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ.......... [VP ] .................................................. GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
ടര്ക്ക്സും കൈക്കോ ദ്വീപുകളും.......... [VP ] .................................................. GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
তুর্কস ও কাইকোস দ্বীপপুঞ্জ.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
หมู่เกาะเติกส์และหมู่เกาะเคคอส.......... [VP ] ..................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
తుర్క్ మరియు కాలికోస్ దీవులు.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
ಟರ್ಕ್ಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ಕೈಕೋಸ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು.......... [VP ] .................................................. GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
டர்க்ஸ் மற்றும் கைகோஸ் தீவுகள்.......... [VP ] ..................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
Amazinga ya Turkisi na Cayikosi.......... [VP ] ..................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
Bisanga bya Turki mpé Kaiko.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
Bizinga by'eTaaka ne Kayikosi.......... [VP ] .................................................. GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
i-Turks and Caicos Islands.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
Kepulauan Turks dan Caicos.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
Lutanda lua Tuluki ne Kaiko.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
Orílẹ́ède Tọọki ati Etikun Kakọsi.......... [VP ] ........................................................ GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
Tɛks kple Kaikos ƒudomekpowo nutome.......... [VP ] ........................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
Turkis Da Tsibiran Kaikwas.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
Turks- og Caicosoyggjarnar.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 3576916
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