Written by: Express News Service
2 min readNew DelhiAug 23, 2010 02:11 AM IST
First published on: Aug 23, 2010 at 02:11 AM IST
Capital -Grand Turk
Area -430 sq km
Population -17,502
Time Zone -GMT -04:00
Language -English
Currency -US $
The CIA World Factbook describes the islanders’ ethnicity as “90% Black”,with the remainder Mixed,European or of North American ancestry.
The people of the Turks and Caicos Islands are called “Turks and Caicos Islanders”.
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory (BOT) consisting of two groups of the West Indian tropical islands — the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks
Islands. The 14 BOTs are remnants of the British Empire,having either voted to remain British territories or not acquired independence yet. Turks and Caicos Islands fall in the latter category,as its 2006 mandate towards self-government was suspended for two years in 2009 by the United Kingdom after allegations of corruption against the newly elected government. Bahamas lies to the north of Turks and Caicos Islands and the Dominican Islands to its south.
The islands made their CWG debut in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. After a long hiatus,they returned in 1998,and have been a part of the next two Games. They are,however,yet to win their first Games medal.
Tourism is a major source of revenue,and it helps to be near the US. Bruce Willis owns a home on the islands. Movie stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner married on Parrot Cay in 2005.
Workforce
Rakesh Kumar,25
Salary: Rs 165 per day
Work Profile: Kumar hails from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. He came to the Capital in April and has been since working at the Talkatora Stadium. Now that the work is almost over,he has already fixed up with another contractor and will soon join the streetscaping site near Thyagraj Stadium.
“After the Games,I will go back to my village. It’s been long since I saw my family.”
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