Districts of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Districts of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Administrative Districts

The Turks and Caicos Islands are divided into six administrative districts (two in the Turks Islands and four in the Caicos Islands), headed by District Commissioners (the area figures were determined by information in

Map of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

[1]):

No. Administrative District Capital Area
(km²)		 Population
(Estimate 2006)		 Electoral
Districts
Caicos Islands
1 Providenciales and West Caicos Blue Hills 163.6 22,642 6
2 North Caicos Bottle Creek 144.9 1,895 2
3 Middle Caicos Conch Bar 144.2 468 1
4 South Caicos and East Caicos Cockburn Harbour 136.8 1,579 2
Turks Islands
5 Grand Turk Cockburn Town 17.6 5,567 4
6 Salt Cay Balfour Town 9.1 186 -
Turks and Caicos Islands Cockburn Town 616.3 32,337 15

Electoral Districts

For the legislative council, the Turks and Caicos Islands are divided into fifteen Electoral Districts (four in the Turks Islands and eleven in the Caicos Islands):

Electoral District Official Description Representative as of 2004-10-13
Turks Islands
Electoral District One West Road, Grand Turk Dwayne Taylor
Electoral District Two Overback, Grand Turk Floyd Basil Hall
Electoral District Three Backsalina-North, Grand Turk Oswald O. Skippings
Electoral District Four Backsalina-South, Grand Turk1)  Derek Hugh Taylor
Caicos Islands
Electoral District Five South Caicos South, South Caicos2)  McAllister Eugene Hanchell
Electoral District Six South Caicos North, South Caicos Norman B. Saunders
Electoral District Seven Middle Caicos Jeffrey Christoval Hall
Electoral District Eight North Caicos- East, North Caicos Michael Eugene Misick
Electoral District Nine North Caicos- West, North Caicos3)  Clarence W. Selver
Electoral District Ten The Bight, Providenciales4)  Karen Delancy
Electoral District Eleven Blue Hills, Providenciales Vaden Delroy Williams
Electoral District Twelve Five Cays, Providenciales Lillian Robinson Been
Electoral District Thirteen Cheshire Hall, Providenciales Galmo Williams
1) including Salt Cay
2) including Big Ambregris Cay and Little Ambergris Cay
3) including Parrot Cay
4) including Pine Cay and Water Cay

An official web site mentions two additional electoral districts on Providenciales, namely Long Bay Hills and Richmond Hill, but without giving district numbers or commissioners[2].

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