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AREA AND POPULATIO. The Turks and Caicos Islands are geographically a portion of the Bahamas, of which they form the two south-eastern groups. There are upwards of 30 small cays; area 192 sq. miles (430 sq. km). Only 6 are inhabited; the largest, Grand Caicos, is 30 miles long by 2 to 3 miles broad. The seat of government is at Grand Turk, 7 miles long by 1–25 broad; 2,500 inhabitants. Population (1970 census), 5,675, of whom 2,900 lived in the Salt Islands of Grand Turk and Salt Cay, and 2,775 in the Caicos settlements. Vital statistics (1974): Births, 145; marriages, 33; deaths, 35.
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Paxton, J. (1976). The Turks and Caicos Islands. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271050_50
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