TURCS and CAICOS
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FACTS & FIGURES
Location: Island group in North Atlantic Ocean southeast of The Bahamas and north of Haiti
Capital: Cockburn Town (Grand Turk)
Main island: Providenciales
Area: 950 square km
Population: 35,168 (2014)
Nationality: British Overseas Territories Citizenship
Status: Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Legal system: Mixed legal system of English common law and civil law
Chief of State: Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor Peter Beckingham
Head of Government: Premier Rufus Ewing (2012)
GDP: $800 million US (2014 purchasing power parity)
GDP real growth: 5.94% (2015)
GDP per capita: $23,000 US (2014)
GDP by sector: 89.5% services, 10% industry, 0.5% agriculture (2014)
Currency: US dollar