5 Facts About Caicos Islands

1. In 1976, the Turks and Caicos Islands became a crown colony.

2. Turks and Caicos Islands has one of the longest coral reefs in the world and the world's only conch farm.

3. Turks and Caicos Islands are best known for ripsaw music.

4. Turks and Caicos Islands are divided into six administrative districts, headed by district commissioners.

5. Turks and Caicos Islands are named after the Turk's cap cactus, and the Lucayan term caya hico, meaning 'string of islands'.