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West Bay Club Offers 40% off Turks and Caicos Luxury This Fall
PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS and CAICOS--(Marketwire - 07/28/10) - The West Bay Club, a luxury, beachfront resort on the world-famous Grace Bay Beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands , today announced a last-minute 40% off sale on all one-bedroom luxury suites and larger. The sale reduces the cost of the resort's already low summer/fall rates and is available for travel starting September 1 through ...... More
Turks Power Past Braves
HARRISONBURG - Power was the primary ingredient in the Harrisonburg Turks' recipe for a win Monday.... More
Turks, Kurds clash after deadly attack on police
Police fired tear gas to break up clashes between Turkish and Kurdish protesters in southern Turkey Tuesday after a deadly attack on police in the area fueled ethnic tensions.... More
Turks Blank Royals
HARRISONBURG - Kurt Wunderlich throws 3 ½ pitches. He has a low-90s fastball, a slow 12-to-6 curveball, a hard slider and a split-fingered changeup - the half pitch.... More
Howard Berman: Turks, once they come to terms with their past, will discover that they have relieved themselves
The Armenian Assembly of America commends Berman's ongoing leadership regarding the need to unequivocally affirm the Armenian Genocide.... More
Turks & Caicos Islands Map

Latitude: 21.93333 Longtitude: -71.96667

Location:
Caribbean, two island groups in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of The Bahamas, north of Haiti

Border Countries:


Terrain:
low, flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove swamps

Geography:
about 40 islands (eight inhabited)

Capital:
Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)

About Turks & Caicos Islands
The islands were part of the UK's Jamaican colony until 1962, when they assumed the status of a separate crown colony upon Jamaica's independence. The governor of The Bahamas oversaw affairs from 1965 to 1973. With Bahamian independence, the islands received a separate governor in 1973. Although independence was agreed upon for 1982, the policy was reversed and the islands remain a British overseas territory.

Population:
22,352 (July 2008 est.)

Language:
English (official)

Religion:
Baptist 40%, Anglican 18%, Methodist 16%, Church of God 12%, other 14% (1990)

Phone Service:
fully digital system with international direct dialing

Currency:
US dollar (USD)

Climate:
tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry

Natural Hazards:
frequent hurricanes