Providenciales

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Islands.name: Providenciales
Islands.image_name: Turtle Cove Providenciales Beach.jpg
Islands.image_caption: Turtle Cove, Providenciales
Islands.image_map: Turks and Caicos Islands - Providenciales.PNG
Islands.image_map_caption: Location of Providenciales within the Turks and Caicos Islands
Islands.location: Atlantic Ocean
Islands.map: Turks and Caicos Islands#Caribbean
Islands.archipelago: Lucayan Archipelago
Islands.country: United Kingdom
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: British Overseas Territory
Islands.country_admin_divisions: Turks and Caicos Islands
Islands.population: 23,769
Islands.population_as_of: 2012
Islands.timezone1: EST
Islands.utc_offset1: -5
Islands.timezone1_DST: EDT
Islands.utc_offset1_DST: -4
Islands.iso_code: TC

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: district of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Part of: Caicos Islands
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Turks and Caicos Islands
Official language: English language
Population: 32118
Area: 98
Time zone: UTC−05:00
Body of water: Caribbean Sea
Highest point: Blue Hills
Image: Turks caicos islands sm04.png
Width: 12.9
Length: 23.4

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Commons category: Providenciales
located in/on physical feature: Caicos Islands

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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 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.

==Transportation== thumb|right|Providenciales International Airport thumb|right|Turks and Caicos Airport Hotel The island is served by the Providenciales International Airport.

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