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The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of sub-tropical islands in the West Indies, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.

Cockburn Town, the capital of Turks and Caicos Islands is about 1,042 kilometres (647 mi) east-southeast of Miami in the United States, and 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Mayaguana in the Bahamas. The islands have a total land area of 166 square miles (430 km2). The islands are geographically contiguous to the Bahamas, but are politically a separate entity.

The islands have a total population of about 36,000, of whom approximately 22,500 live on Providenciales in the Caicos Islands. Cockburn Town is the capital, situated on Grand Turk Island.

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