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Name: The Turks and Caicos Islands are named after the Turk’s cap cactus (Melocactus intortus), and the Lucayan term caya hico, meaning ‘string of islands’.
Date of Membership in CCLEC: (1989 – Miami)
Motto: “Beautiful By Nature”
Status: British Overseas Territory
Area: 616.3 km2 (238 miles2)
GDP: $568.3 million (2006 est.)
Population: 2012 est. : 31,458
Capital City: Cockburn Town
Official Language: English
Currency: United States dollar (USD)
