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Turks and Caicos Islands

LC control no.n 81110347
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingTurks and Caicos Islands
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Geographic subdivision usageTurks and Caicos Islands
Variant(s)T.C.I.
TCI
Turks & Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos
Other standard no.Q18221
135455827
53e31cc6-3880-427a-859a-38065ea69967
3576916
7004630
C157
1215557
a2d01b31-5184-382e-aab5-63b5944195b7
Associated countryGreat Britain
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Found inLandfried, J. E. Flying in paradise, 1970.
Its Draft estimates of the revenue & expenditure ... 1983: t.p. (Turks & Caicos Islands)
Monthly statistics on tourists to T.C.I. by port of entry, Jan. 1983-Mar. 1989: t.p. (Grand Turk, T.C.I.)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (pcl; 21°43ʹ60ʺN 071°34ʹ60ʺW)
Wikipedia, October 1, 2015 (Turks and Caicos Islands, or TCI for short, are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago, north of the larger Antilles island grouping; 21°45ʹN 71°35ʹW)
The world factbook, via WWW, October 1, 2015 (Turks and Caicos Islands; overseas territory of the UK; parliamentary democracy; location: two island groups in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of The Bahamas, north of Haiti; 21°45ʹN, 71°35ʹW; the islands were part of the UK's Jamaican colony until 1962, when they assumed the status of a separate crown colony upon Jamaica's independence. The governor of The Bahamas oversaw affairs from 1965 to 1973. With Bahamian independence, the islands received a separate governor in 1973. Although independence was agreed upon for 1982, the policy was reversed and the islands remain a British overseas territory; conventional long form: none; conventional short form: Turks and Caicos Islands; abbreviation: TCI)
   <https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turks-and-caicos-islands/>
BBC things website, October 9, 2021 (Turks and Caicos; a British Overseas Territory consisting of the Caicos Islands and Turks Islands)
Geographic area codenwtc--- TC TCA
Invalid LCCNsh 85138918