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Turks and Caicos Islands

1993 Edition — territory

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Communications
Airports [time series]
total: 7 usable: 7 with permanent-surface runways: 4 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 4
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; broadcast stations - 3 AM, no FM, several TV; 2 submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
Defense Forces
Note [time series]
defense is the responsibility of the UK
Economy
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 $20.3 million; expenditures $44.0 million, including capital expenditures of $23.9 million (1989)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
US currency is used
Economic aid [time series]
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $110 million
Electricity [time series]
9,050 kW capacity; 11.1 million kWh produced, 860 kWh per capita (1992)
Exchange rates [time series]
US currency is used
Exports [time series]
$4.1 million (f.o.b., 1987) commodities: lobster, dried and fresh conch, conch shells partners: US, UK
Debt - external (External debt) [time series]
$NA
Fiscal year [time series]
calendar year
Imports [time series]
$33.2 million (c.i.f., FY84) commodities: foodstuffs, drink, tobacco, clothing, manufactures, construction materials 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%
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (National product) [time series]
GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $68.5 million (1989 est.)
Real GDP per capita (National product per capita) [time series]
$5,000 (1989 est.)
Real GDP growth rate (National product real growth rate) [time series]
NA%
Economic overview (Overview) [time series]
The economy is based on fishing, tourism, and offshore banking. Only subsistence farming - corn, cassava, citrus, and beans - exists on the Caicos Islands, so that most foods, as well as nonfood products, must be imported.
Unemployment rate [time series]
12% (1992)
Geography
Area [time series]
total area: 430 km2 land area: 430 km2 comparative area: slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Climate [time series]
tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry
Coastline [time series]
389 km
Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]
30 islands (eight inhabited); subject to frequent hurricanes
Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]
none
Irrigated land [time series]
NA km2
Land boundaries [time series]
0 km
Land use [time series]
arable land: 2% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 98%
Location [time series]
in the western North Atlantic Ocean, 190 km north of the Dominican Republic and southeast of The Bahamas
Map references [time series]
Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims [time series]
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
Natural resources [time series]
spiny lobster, conch
Terrain [time series]
low, flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove swamps
Government
Administrative divisions [time series]
none (dependent territory of the UK)
Capital [time series]
Grand Turk
Constitution [time series]
introduced 30 August 1976, suspended in 1986, and a Constitutional Commission is currently reviewing its contents
Digraph [time series]
TK
Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation in US) [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
Executive branch (Elections) [time series]
Legislative Council: last held on 3 April 1991 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (20 total, 13 elected) PNP 8, PDM 5
Executive branch [time series]
British monarch, governor, Executive Council, chief minister
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
Executive branch (Leaders) [time series]
Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1953), represented by Governor Michael J. BRADLEY (since NA 1987) Head of Government: Chief Minister Washington MISSIC (since NA 1991)
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
International organization participation (Member of) [time series]
CARICOM (associate), CDB
Country name (Names) [time series]
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Turks and Caicos Islands
National holiday [time series]
Constitution Day, 30 August (1976)
Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]
Progressive National Party (PNP), Washington MISSIC; People's Democratic Movement (PDM), Oswald SKIPPINGS; National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Ariel MISSICK
Suffrage [time series]
18 years of age; universal
Government type (Type) [time series]
dependent territory of the UK
Diplomatic representation from the US (US diplomatic representation) [time series]
none
People
Birth rate [time series]
14.88 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Death rate [time series]
5.17 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]
African
Infant mortality rate [time series]
12.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
Labor force [time series]
NA by occupation: majority engaged in fishing and tourist industries; some subsistence agriculture
Languages [time series]
English (official)
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
total population: 75.34 years male: 73.41 years female: 77.02 years (1993 est.)
Literacy [time series]
age 15 and over can read and write (1970) total population: 98% male: 99% female: 98%
Nationality [time series]
noun: none adjective: none
Net migration rate [time series]
20.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Population [time series]
13,137 (July 1993 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
2.97% (1993 est.)
Religions [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]
2.17 children born/woman (1993 est.)