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    Providenciales

    21°47′N 72°17′W

    Providenciales (known locally as Provo) is an island in the northwest Caicos Islands, part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory.

    Chalk Sound has some of the most uniform turquoise water I have ever seen. Taken February, 2011 in Chalk Sound, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands ¹⁄₄₀₀ sec at f/11, ISO200, no flash.
    Chalk Sound has some of the most uniform turquoise water I have ever seen. Taken February, 2011 in Chalk Sound, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands ¹⁄₄₀₀ sec at f/11, ISO200, no flash.

    Tim Sackton / CC BY-SA 2.0

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    21°47′N 72°17′W

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    Overview

    Providenciales (known locally as Provo) is an island in the northwest Caicos Islands, part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The island has an area of 98 km2 (38 mi2) and had a population of 23,769 as of 2012, the latest date for which an island-by-island census was published by the government. Providenciales is the third largest island in the Turks and Caicos in area, and is home to a majority of the population of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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    Also in Caicos Islands

    Also in Lucayan Archipelago

    Also in The Bahamas

    Also in Caribbean

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
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