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	History of the Turks and Caicos Islands \| Turks and Caicos Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The island are named after a local cactus known as the Turks Head fez cactus, and the term cayo hico, which means string of islands in Lucayan (one of the original indigenous groups).
		The Turks and Caicos Islands were originally populated by a group of Carib Amerindians called the Tainos.
		Turks and Caicos became a British Crown Colony in 1962 and links were maintained to the Bahamas through the Anglican Church.
	www.turksandcaicosislands.tc /history (330 words)

	Turks and Caicos Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Turks and Caicos Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom consisting of two groups of tropical in the Caribbean southeast of the Bahamas at 21°45'N 71°35'W. The thirty islands 166 sq.
		Turks and Caicos participates in CDB is associate in Caricom and maintains an International Criminal Police Organization - Interpol subbureau.
		For the islands to join Canada as full province would require amending the Canadian constitution a step which is considered highly The last new province Newfoundland and Labrador was brought into the country in 1949 by an act of British Parliament.
	www.freeglossary.com /Turks_and_Caicos_Islands (1174 words)

	Turks and Caicos Islands Information - Turks and Caicos Islands - Island Travel Tips and Island Reviews - ...
		The capital of the Turks and Caicos Islands is Cockburn Town on Grand Turk.
		No elections are held; the monarch is hereditary, the governor appointed by the monarch, and the chief minister appointed by the governor.
		Turks and Caicos participates in the Caribbean Development Bank, is an associate in Caricom, and maintains an International Criminal Police Organization - Interpol sub-bureau.
	www.itsislandtime.com /publish/article_00180.shtml (1156 words)

	Turks and Caicos Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islands of the Turks and Caicos were first populated by Carib Amerindians but, shortly after the islands' discovery – depending on the source, on 12 October 1492 by Christopher Columbus, who would have claimed them for Spain, or by Juan Ponce de León in 1512 – Spanish explorers began raiding the archipelago for slaves.
		The unofficial capital of the Caicos Islands is the village of Kew on North Caicos.
		Turks and Caicos participates in the Caribbean Development Bank, is an associate in Caricom, and maintains an Interpol sub-bureau.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands (2670 words)

	Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands - Government and Politics
		Cayman Islands residents have expressed the strong wish to remain British dependents; this position was voiced twice to United Nations groups, in 1977 and again in 1981.
		According to the Turks and Caicos representatives, polls indicated that 90 percent of the residents of the islands favored some form of special relationship with Canada.
		From the perspective of the Turks and Caicos, the principal attraction of annexation undoubtedly was economic; its citizens wanted a North American standard of living that the islands could not meet.
	countrystudies.us /caribbean-islands/131.htm (1655 words)

	Ultimate-AllInclusives.com
		East of Miami, south of the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands are growing in popularity with tourists who, for the most part, come to explore the underwater spectacle in some of the region's best dive sites.
		The islands were placed under the administration of Jamaica from 1873 to 1962 when Jamaica gained her independence.
		A Governor was appointed by the Queen of England, and elections were held to form a ministerial government and an 11 member Legislative Council to administer the island's internal affairs in 1976.
	www.ultimate-allinclusives.com /destinations/turks.1.php (431 words)

	History of Turks and Caicos Islands
		In 1799, the islands were given representation in the Bahamas Assembly, and they remained part of that colony until 1848, when on the petition of the inhabitants they were made a separate colony under the supervision of the governor of Jamaica.
		The PNP emerged victorious from the following by-elections, but on July 24, 1986, the governor dissolved the government and replaced it with an advisory council after a report on allegations of arson and fraud found that the chief minister post-Saunders, Nathaniel Francis, along with four other PNP officials were unfit to rule.
		Under the careful guidance of the governor and the advisory council, a new constitution for the Turks and Caicos Islands was created and elections held in 1988, with the PDM winning by a landslide, with Washington Misick becoming the new chief minister.
	www.historyofnations.net /northamerica/turksandcaicos.html (465 words)

	Commonwealth Secretariat - Turks and Caicos Islands
		Turks and Caicos Islands form the southern tip of the Bahamas chain in the north of the Caribbean region.
		Principal islands of the Caicos group (Spanish 'cayos': cays) are: South Caicos, East Caicos, Middle (or Grand) Caicos, North Caicos, Providenciales and West Caicos.
		At the general election in January 1995, the PDM emerged victors, winning eight seats in the legislative council; the PNP took four and one seat was won by an independent.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /Templates/YearbookInternal.asp?NodeID=140431 (1609 words)

	Turks and Caicos Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Turks and Caicos are located 575 miles southeast of Miami Florida, 30 miles south of the Bahamas and 90 miles north of the Dominican Republic.
		In 1766, after being controlled by the Spanish, French and British, Turks and Caicos became part of the Bahamas colony, but attempts to integrate failed and were abandoned in 1848.
		The Turks and Caicos were annexed to Jamaica in 1874 until 1962, when they assumed the status of a separate crown colony upon Jamaica's independence.
	www.caricom.org /jsp/community/turks_caicos_islands.jsp?menu=community (524 words)

	Caribbean Islands - THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN
		THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN is the term applied to the English- speaking islands in the Carribbean and the mainland nations of Belize (formerly British Honduras) and Guyana (formerly British Guiana) that once constituted the Caribbean portion of the British Empire.
		Although most of the islands are independent nations, five (the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands) remain British dependencies.
		The elections were the first held in the Turks and Caicos since the British imposed direct British rule on the territory in July 1986 (see British Dependencies: The Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands, Government and Politics, ch.
	countrystudies.us /caribbean-islands/2.htm (2840 words)

	Turks and Caicos Music & Cultural Festival - 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Turks and Caicos are located 575 miles southeast of Miami Florida.
		The name Turks is derived after the indigenous Turk's Head "fez" cactus, and the name Caicos is a Lucayan term "caya hico," meaning string of islands.
		The Turks and Caicos were annexed to Jamaica in 1874.
	www.musicfestival.tc /tci.shtml (820 words)

	History of the Turks and Caicos
		Spanish slavers frequently raided the islands, enslaving the Caribs of the islands.
		Most of the salt mined in the Turks and Caicos Islands was sent to Newfoundland to be used to preserve cod in.
		In 1799 the islands were given representation in the Bahamas Assembly, and they remained part of that colony until 1848, when the inhabitants successfully petitioned to be made a separate colony under the supervision of the governor of Jamaica.
	www.wiol.com /turks-caicos/history.html (691 words)

	A short history of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Turks and Caicos Islands are seperated from Jamaica and become a separate colony and part of the British West Indies in 1959.
		It is administratively associated with the Bahamas, but since the independence of the latter in 1973, it is a seperate colony.
		The first elections under the 1976 constitution are won by the centre-left People's Democratic Movement (PDM) under James McCartney and since 1980 Oswald O. Skippings.
	www.electionworld.org /history/turks.htm (188 words)

	PROCEDURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTION PROCESS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A potential voter must either have been born in the Turks and Caicos Islands, or was born to a father or mother that was born in the Turks and Caicos Islands, or he must be a Belonger.
		In addition, such a person must be 18 years old and must have lived in the Turks and Caicos for a minimum of 12 months in the 2 years prior to the date used to qualify voters for an election.
		It is interesting to note that birth in the Islands, coupled with a minimum period of residency, entitles an individual to vote.
	www.timespub.tc /Business/Archive/Summer2003/election.htm (2197 words)

	Politics of the Turks and Caicos Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of the Turks and Caicos Islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby as of August 9, 2006 the Premier is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		The islands are an internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
		No direct elections are held for the executive; the governor is officially appointed by the British monarch (in practice by the British Prime Minister), and the premier appointed by the governor (but would usually be the head of the largest party in the Legislative Council).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands (649 words)

	Preliminary statement by the CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission to the by-elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Preliminary statement by the CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission to the by-elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands, 4-9 August 2003
		The CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission was mounted at the invitation of the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands to monitor the conduct of the by-elections in Five Cays and South Caicos on 7 August 2003.
		In the Mission’s assessment, the by-elections were conducted in a free and peaceful manner and good spirit.
	www.caricom.org /jsp/pressreleases/pres106_03.htm (282 words)

	Turks and Caicos - History
		Whichever it was, the first people to truly discover the islands were the Taino Indians, who unfortunately left little behind but ancient utensils.
		In 1776, after being controlled by the Spanish, French and British, Turks and Caicos became part of the Bahamas colony, but attempts to integrate failed and were abandoned in 1848.
		The 1976 elections were won by the PDM, the People's Democratic Movement, who were then to negotiate independence if they won the next elections in 1980.
	www.geographia.com /turks-caicos/general/history/index.htm (359 words)

	Turks and Caicos Islands Executive branch - Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party is appointed premier by the governor
		Chief of state includes the name and title of the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government.
		Election results includes the percent of vote for each candidate in the last election.
	www.indexmundi.com /turks_and_caicos_islands/executive_branch.html (283 words)

	Detective Fiction on Stamps: Turks & Caicos Islands - Sherlock Holmes / Conan Doyle
		The Turks group is the smaller of the two and consists of Grand Turk, Salt Cay, and lesser cays.
		The islands were at first placed under The Bahamas government, but in 1874 they were annexed to the colony of Jamaica, remaining a part of that territory until 1959.
		The Bahamas governor was also the governor of Turks and Caicos from 1965 until 1973, when the islands received their own governor.
	www.trussel.com /detfic/turks.htm (921 words)

	Country Profiles Foreign & Commonwealth Office
		The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) form the south-eastern extremity of the Bahamas chain and lie 90 miles north of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and 575 miles south-east of Miami (a 75 minute flight from Miami).
		The average annual temperature is 27C and the rainfall ranges from 21inches in the eastern islands to 40 inches in the west.
		Following General Elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) on 24 April 2003, which saw the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDM) returned for a third term, the opposition Progressive National Party (PNP) filed election petitions against the results in two of the thirteen constituencies.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1018965255218 (1115 words)

	Turks and Caicos - Offshore Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Constitutionally, the Turks and Caicos Islands is an internally self-governing British Overseas Territory with a ministerial system of government.
		Parliamentary elections are held with a four-year time period; thereby ensuring a strong democracy.
		Additional drafting personnel were to be brought on stream with a view to significant amendment in the near future to the Mutual funds Ordinance and the Insurance Ordinance as well as the drafting of new legislation in respect of charitable foundations.
	www.turksandcaicosrealestatebestbuys.com /offshorebusiness.html (588 words)

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	www.timesharegateway.com /Turks-And-Caicos-Islands.html (1111 words)

	Residency Requirements in Turks and Caicos Islands
		The natural beauty of the Turks and Caicos, the year round perfect climate, the relatively high standard of living available here, the US dollar as the local currency plus the political stability of the country all help to make the TCI a great place to live.
		Consisting of two groups of islands the Turks and Caicos are largely flat although on Providenciales hills rise to 250 feet.
		Persons considering moving to the islands should seek specific professional advice in each case to ensure that specific requirements are met.
	www.turksandcaicosrealestatebestbuys.com /Residencyrequirements.html (765 words)

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		They comprise the six islands that make up the Netherland Antilles, the six British Dependencies including Montserrat presently suffering destructive volcanic eruptions, the two French Overseas Departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique, and the two United States Territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
		In recent elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands, voters elected status quo parties.
		In public primary schools, the student-teacher ratio is considerably lower in the dependencies (17) than in the sovereign islands (26), and measures of secondary educational performance on standardized tests in English and Mathematics are routinely 30 to 40 higher.
	www.saintmarys.edu /~jmcelroy/Islander.htm (849 words)

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