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Cockburn Town (Turks and Caicos Islands)

LC control no.n 2002163243
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Geographic headingCockburn Town (Turks and Caicos Islands)
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Geographic subdivision usageTurks and Caicos Islands--Cockburn Town
Beginning date1681
Associated countryTurks and Caicos Islands
Found inPocket map, Turks & Caicos, c2002: map recto (Cockburn Town)
GEOnet, Nov. 13, 2002 (Cockburn Town, pplc, 21°28ʹN 71°08ʹW)
Col. gaz. (Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands, Grand Turk Isl.; 21°28ʹN 71°08ʹE; site of govt. offices for the colony)
Wikipedia, August 12, 2015 (Cockburn Town is the capital city of the Turks and Caicos Islands; located on the largest island in the Turks Islands archipelago, Grand Turk Island; seat of government ever since 1766, Cockburn Town was the first permanent settlement on any of the islands, founded in 1681; 21.459°N 71.139°W)
Not found inMW geog. dict.
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