Airports [time series]

7 total, 7 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 2,439 m; 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Civil air [time series]

Air Turks and Caicos (passenger service) and Turks Air Ltd. (cargo service)

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

121 km, including 24 km tarmac

Ports [time series]

Grand Turk, Salt Cay, Providenciales, Cockburn Harbour

Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]

fair cable and radio services; 1,446 telephones; stations--3 AM, no FM, several TV; 2 submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

Note [time series]

defense is the responsibility of the UK

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

subsistence farming prevails, based on corn and beans; fishing more important than farming; not self-sufficient in food

Budget [time series]

revenues $12.4 million; expenditures $15.8 million, including capital expenditures of $2.6 million (FY87)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

US currency is used

Economic aid [time series]

Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $100 million

Electricity [time series]

9,050 kW capacity; 11.1 million kWh produced, 1,140 kWh per capita (1990)

Exchange rates [time series]

US currency is used

Exports [time series]

$2.9 million (f.o.b., FY84); commodities--lobster, dried and fresh conch, conch shells; partners--US, UK

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$NA

Fiscal year [time series]

calendar year

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP) [time series]

$44.9 million, per capita $5,000; real growth rate NA% (1986)

Imports [time series]

$26.3 million (c.i.f., FY84); commodities--foodstuffs, drink, tobacco, clothing; partners--US, UK

Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]

growth rate NA%

Industries [time series]

fishing, tourism, offshore financial services

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

NA%

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

The economy is based on fishing, tourism, and offshore banking. Subsistence farming--corn and beans--exists only on the Caicos Islands, so that most foods, as well as nonfood products, must be imported.

Unemployment rate [time series]

12% (1989)

Climate [time series]

tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry

Coastline [time series]

389 km Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm; Territorial sea: 12 nm

Area - comparative (Comparative area) [time series]

slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

30 islands (eight inhabited); subject to frequent hurricanes

Land boundaries [time series]

none

Land use [time series]

arable land 2%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures; 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 98%

Natural resources [time series]

spiny lobster, conch

Note [time series]

located 190 km north of the Dominican Republic in the North Atlantic Ocean

Terrain [time series]

low, flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove swamps

Area (Total area) [time series]

430 km2; land area: 430 km2

Administrative divisions [time series]

none (dependent territory of the UK)

Capital [time series]

Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)

Political parties (Communists) [time series]

none

Constitution [time series]

introduced 30 August 1976, suspended in 1986, and a Constitutional Commission is currently reviewing its contents

Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation) [time series]

as a dependent territory of the UK, the interests of the Turks and Caicos Islands are represented in the US by the UK; US--none

Executive branch [time series]

British monarch, governor, Executive Council

Flag [time series]

blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield is yellow and contains a conch shell, lobster, and cactus

Independence [time series]

none (dependent territory of the UK)

Judicial branch [time series]

Supreme Court Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1953), represented by Governor Michael J. BRADLEY (since 1987); Head of Government--Chief Minister Oswald O. SKIPPINGS (since 3 March 1988) People's Democratic Movement (PDM), Oswald SKIPPINGS; Progressive National Party (PNP), Dan MALCOLM and Norman SAUNDERS; National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Ariel MISSICK

Legal system [time series]

based on laws of England and Wales with a small number adopted from Jamaica and The Bahamas

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral Legislative Council

Country name (Long-form name) [time series]

none

International organization participation (Member of) [time series]

CDB

National holiday [time series]

Constitution Day, 30 August (1976)

Suffrage [time series]

universal at age 18 Legislative Council--last held on 3 March 1988 (next to be held NA); results--PDM 60%, PNP 30%, other 10%; seats--(20 total, 13 elected) PDM 11, PNP 2

Government type (Type) [time series]

dependent territory of the UK

Birth rate [time series]

25 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate [time series]

5 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

majority of African descent

Infant mortality rate [time series]

14 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Labor force [time series]

NA; majority engaged in fishing and tourist industries; some subsistence agriculture

Languages (Language) [time series]

English (official)

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

72 years male, 78 years female (1991)

Literacy [time series]

98% (male 99%, female 98%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

Nationality [time series]

no noun or adjectival forms

Net migration rate [time series]

2 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Organized labor [time series]

Saint George's Industrial Trade Union

Population [time series]

9,983 (July 1991), growth rate 2.2% (1991)

Religions (Religion) [time series]

Baptist 41.2%, Methodist 18.9%, Anglican 18.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.7%, other 19.9% (1980)

Total fertility rate [time series]

3.8 children born/woman (1991)