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Providenciales (known locally as Provo) is an island in the northwest Caicos Islands, part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. [2] The island has an area of 98 km 2 (38 sq mi) and a 2012 Census population of 23,769. [ 1 ]
The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; [7] / ˈ t ɜːr k s / and / ˈ k eɪ k ə s,-k oʊ s,-k ɒ s /) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies. [8]
The Turks and Caicos Islands are divided into five administrative districts (one in the Turks Islands and four in the Caicos Islands), and the Island of Grand Turk; four of these are headed by District Commissioners, and Providenciales District is run by the Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Premier in Providenciales.
Pages in category "Providenciales" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Resorts on Grace Bay, Providenciales. Tourism in the Turks and Caicos Islands is an industry that generates more than 1 million tourist arrivals per year, [1] and is "the main source of revenue for the country. The tourism industry began in the 1980s, with the opening of Club Med Turquoise, the country's first main resort."
Providenciales International Airport (IATA: PLS, ICAO: MBPV), on the island of Providenciales in the Caicos Islands, is the main international airport serving the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. It is operated by Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA).
High: Blue Hills on the island of Providenciales 49 m (161 ft) Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m; Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 389 km; Population of the Turks and Caicos Islands: Area of the Turks and Caicos Islands: Atlas of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Our Lady of Divine Providence Church, Providenciales is a Catholic place of worship on Providenciales, an island of Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean. [1]