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Turks and Caicos Islands
| Location |
N Atlantic Ocean, SE of Bahamas |
| Latitude and longitude |
21 45 N, 71 35 W |
| Sovereignty |
United Kingdom |
| Population |
17,502 |
| Census notes |
est. July 2000 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
417 |
| Capital |
Cockburn Town, Grand Turk |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| The
Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 1988,
United Kingdom Statutory
Instrument 1988 No. 247, from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, |
| The
Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 1993, United Kingdom
Statutory Instrument 1993 No.1248, from Her Majesty’s
Stationery Office |
| British
Overseas Territories Act 2002, on the ISLAND LAW website |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| LLRX.Com, Guide
to Caribbean Law Research, by Yemisi Dina |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office,
Country Profile: Turks
and Caicos Islands |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| United Nations Secretariat, Working
Paper on Turks and Caicos Islands, prepared for the Special
Committee of the U.N. General Assembly on the Situation with Regard to
the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples (A/AC.109/2004/16, April 13, 2004) (PDF
100K) |
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