NationMaster - Turks and Caicos Islands Geography statistics

Area > Comparative 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	194 sq km	[194th of 236]
Area > Total	205 sq km	[205th of 248]
Area > Water	218 sq km	[218th of 237]
Climate tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry
Coastline	126 km	[126th of 249]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Blue Hills 49 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Geographic coordinates	21 45 N, 71 35 W
Geography > Note about 40 islands (eight inhabited)
Land use > Arable land	182 %	[182nd of 241]
Land use > Other	49 %	[49th of 241]
Land use > Permanent crops	222 %	[222nd of 241]
Location Caribbean, two island groups in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of The Bahamas, north of Haiti
Map references Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims > Exclusive fishing zone	20 nm	[20th of 33]
Natural hazards	frequent hurricanes
Natural resources	spiny lobster, conch
Population density	156 people per sqkm	[156th of 256]
Terrain low, flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove swamps

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SOURCES: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America. ; Total land area in square kilometres ; Total area in square kilometers ; Total water area in square kilometers ; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year. ; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. ; Highest point above sea level ; Lowest point relative to sea level ; This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources. ; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere. ; The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice ; The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc. ; The percentage share of used land on which permanent crops are grown. This is land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest like citrus, coffee, and rubber. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. ; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. ; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. ; Exclusive fishing zone - while this term is not used in the LOS Convention, some States (e.g. the United Kingdom) have chosen not to claim an EEZ, but rather to claim jurisdiction over the living resources off their coast; in such cases, the term exclusive fishing zone is often used. ; Potential natural disasters. ; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance. ; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; A brief description of the topography

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