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Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands sits in Caribbean and uses USD - United States dollar ($). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Capital
Cockburn Town
Population
50.8K
Area
948 km2
Population
50.8K
50,828 people
Area
948 km2
948 square kilometers
Density
54/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Cockburn Town
21.46, -71.14
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Turks and Caicos Islands, officially listed here as Turks and Caicos Islands, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Turks and Caicos Islands, TC, TCA, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Turks and Caicos Islands is grouped under Americas, more specifically Caribbean, with North America shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 50,828 people and a land area of 948 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 54 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 21.75, -71.58333333, while the capital coordinate reference is 21.46, -71.14. Turks and Caicos Islands has no land borders listed in the country data, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Cockburn Town (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Grand Turk. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Turks and Caicos Islands, capital of Turks and Caicos Islands, and major urban areas in Turks and Caicos Islands. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Dependency under constitutional monarchy. The classification fields mark sovereignty as no, United Nations membership as no, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include no major listed organizations in this sample. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Turks and Caicos Islands uses calling code +1, postal format TKCA 1ZZ, and time zone data listed as UTC-04:00. The number format uses , as the thousands separator and . as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists USD - United States dollar ($), while language records include English. Vehicle data records the driving side as left and vehicle sign codes as GB. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The country dataset does not include a recent Gini entry for this profile.
How to use this profile
This Turks and Caicos Islands profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
TC / TCA
Top-level domains
.tc
Continents
North America
Border countries
No land borders listed
Driving side
left
Vehicle signs
GB
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Turks and Caicos Islands is represented by the TC country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Grand Turk
4,100
primary
Governance
Government type
Dependency under constitutional monarchy
Sovereign
No
UN member
No
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
, thousands, . decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+1
Postal format
TKCA 1ZZ
Timezones
UTC-04:00
Languages
English
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
N/A
No country entry