13 Facts About Turks Caicos

The Turks Caicos Islands are named after the Turk's cap cactus, Melocactus intortus, whose red cephalium resembles the fez hat worn by Turkish men in the late Ottoman Empire.

Turks Caicos's was replaced by Washington Misick after the Progressive National Party won the 2021 general elections.

Turks and Caicos contains three terrestrial ecoregions: Bahamian dry forests, Bahamian pineyards, and Bahamian-Antillean mangroves.

Largest island in the Turks Caicos archipelago is the sparsely-inhabited Middle Turks Caicos, which measures 144 square kilometres in area, but has a population of only 168 at the 2012 Census.

East Turks Caicos is uninhabited, while the only permanent inhabitants of West Turks Caicos are resort staff.

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Turks and Caicos Islands participate in the Caribbean Development Bank, is an associate in CARICOM, a member of the Universal Postal Union and maintains an Interpol sub-bureau.

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

Turks and Caicos Islands are perhaps best known musically for ripsaw music, a genre which originated on the islands.

Turks and Caicos cuisine is based primarily around seafood, especially conch.

Turks and Caicos is a British Overseas Territory and not an independent country, its nationality laws are partly determined by British nationality law and its history.

Turks and Caicos worked to refurbish its primary schools, reduce textbook costs, and increase equipment and supplies given to schools.

Turks and Caicos established a National Health Insurance Plan in 2010.

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