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Status: Overseas territory
Governor: Richard Tauwhare (2005)
Chief Minister: Michael Misick
(2003)
Total area: 166 sq mi (430 sq km)
Population (2006 est.): 21,746 (growth
rate: 2.7%); birth rate: 21.5/1000; infant mortality rate:
14.7/1000; life expectancy: 75.0; density per sq mi: 131
Capital (2003 est.): Cockburn Town,
5,000
Monetary unit: U.S. dollar
Literacy rate: 98% (1970 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2002
est.): $216 million; per capita $11,500. Real growth rate:
4.9% (2000 est.). Inflation: 4% (1995). Unemployment:
10% (1997 est.). Arable land: 2%. Agriculture:
corn, beans, cassava (tapioca), citrus fruits; fish. Labor
force: 4,848 (1990 est.); about 33% in government and 20% in
agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial,
and other services (1997 est.). Industries: tourism, offshore
financial services. Natural resources: spiny lobster, conch.
Exports: $169.2 million (2000): lobster, dried and fresh
conch, conch shells. Imports: $175.6 million (2000): food and
beverages, tobacco, clothing, manufactures, construction materials.
Major trading partners: U.S., UK (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines
in use: 3,000 (1994); mobile cellular: 0 (1994). Radio broadcast
stations: AM 3 (one inactive), FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998).
Radios: 8,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 0
(broadcasts from The Bahamas are received; cable television is
established) (1997). Televisions: n.a.. Internet Service
Providers (ISPs): 14 (2002).
Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 121 km; paved: 24 km; unpaved: 97 km (2000).
Ports and harbors: Grand Turk, Providenciales. Airports:
8 (2001).
International disputes: none.
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