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2014年8月25日British dependency (pop., 2002 est.: 18,738), West Indies. It comprises two small island groups at the southeastern end of The Bahamas. The Turks group includes Grand Turk, Salt Cay, and lesser cays. The Caicos group includes South Caicos, East Caicos, Middle (or Grand) Caicos, North Caicos, Providenciales, West Caicos, and several smaller cays. The seat of government is at Cockburn Town on Grand Turk . When Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Len visited in 1512, the islands were inhabited by Indians. British colonists from Bermuda arrived in 1678. The islands were at first placed under the government of The Bahamas, but in 1874 they were annexed to the colony of Jamaica. The Turks and Caicos s became a crown colony in 1962 and shared a governor with The Bahamas from 1965 to 1973. A new constitution was adopted in 1988. The chief industries are tourism and offshore financial services.
Turks and Caicos s (k’ks), dependency of Great Britain (2005 est. pop. 20,600), 166 sq mi (430 sq km), West Indies. There are more than 30 cays and islands, of which eight are inhabited. Geographically, the islands are a southeastern continuation of the Bahamas. The capital is at Cockburn Town on Grand Turk. Lobster and conch are primary exports; the economic mainstays are tourism and offshore financial services. There is also an underground economy based on the transportation of illegal drugs. For nearly three centuries (until the 1960s), salt production was the islands’ main industry. The population is largely of African descent; Protestantism is the main religion and English is spoken. The islands are governed under a constitution that came into effect in 2006, but direct rule imposed by Britain in 2009 due to evidence of corruption, dishonesty, and administrative incompetence. The constitution provides for a unicameral 21seat House of Assembly with 15 elected and 6 appointed members, all of whom serve fouryear terms, and a government is headed by a premier. The monarch of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by a governor, is the head of state. The islands were first visited by Europeans in 1512 when Ponce de Len landed there; they were a dependency of Jamaica until that island’s indepdence in 1962.
Main article: History of the Turks and Caicos s
The Turks and Caicos s are named after the Turk’scap cactus (Melocactus communis), and the Lucayan term "caya hico", meaning string of islands. The first inhabitants of the islands were Arawakanspeaking Tano people who crossed over from Hispaniola sometime from 500 to 800. Together with Tainos who crossed over from Cuba to wholesale nfl jerseys the southern Bahamas around the same time, these people became the Lucayans. Around 1200 the Turks and Caicos s were resettled by Classical Tanos from Hispaniola. Soon after they arrived in the islands in 1492, or 1512,[8] the Spanish began capturing the Tanos of the Turks and Caicos s and the Lucayans as slaves (technically, as workers in the encomienda system)[9] to replace the largely depleted native population of Hispaniola. The southern Bahama s, including the Turks and Caicos s, were completely depopulated by about 1513, and remained so until the 17th century.[10][11][12][13][14]
The first documented European to sight the islands was Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Len, who did so in 1512.[8] During the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the islands passed from Spanish, to French, to British control, but none of the three powers ever established any settlements.
For several decades around the turn of the 18th century they became popular pirate hideouts. Bermudian salt collectors settled the Turk s around 1680. In 17651783 they were under French occupation and again after the French captured the archipelago in 1783. After the American Revolution (17751783) many loyalists fled to Caribbean colonies, including (in 1783) the first settlers on the Caicos s; cotton became an important crop briefly. In 1799, both the Turks and the Caicos island groups were annexed by Britain as part of the Bahamas.[citation needed]
In 1841 the Trouvadore, a Spanish ship engaged in the slave trade, was wrecked off the coast of East Caicos, one of the larger Caicos s. One hundred and ninetytwo captive Africans survived the sinking and made it to shore where, under British rule, the slave trade was illegal. These survivors were apprenticed to trades for one year then settled mostly on Grand Turk . An 1878 letter documents the "Trouvadore Africans" and their descendants as constituting an essential part of the "labouring population" on the islands. In 2004 marine archaeologists rediscovered a wreck, called the "Black Rock Ship", that subsequent research has suggested may be that of the Trouvadore. This suggestion was further supported when a marine archaeology expedition funded by NOAA in November 2008 confirmed that the wreck comprises artifacts of which the style and date of manufacture support the association of this wreck with that of the Trouvadore. The wreckage has, however, not been identified with absolute certainty.[15]
In 1848, the Turks and Caicos were declared a separate colony under a council president. The last incumbent was maintained in 1873 when the islands were made part of Jamaica colony; in 1894 the chief colonial official was restyled commissioner. In 1917, Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden suggested that the Turks and Caicos join Canada, but this suggestion was rejected by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George. The islands remained a dependency of Jamaica until 1959.[citation needed]
On 4 July 1959, the islands were again a separate colony, the last commissioner being restyled administrator, but the governor of Jamaica remained the governor of the islands. Until 31 May 1962, they were one of the constitutive parts of the Federation of the West Indies.[citation needed]
When Jamaica was granted independence from Britain in August 1962, the Turks Caicos s became a Crown colony. From 1965, the governor of the Bahamas was also governor of the Turks and Caicos s and oversaw affairs for the islands. When the Bahamas gained independence in 1973, the Turks and Caicos received their own governor (the last administrator was restyled). In 1974, Canadian New Democratic Party MP Max Saltsman tried to use his Private Member’s Bill to create legislation to annex the islands to Canada, but it did not pass in the Canadian House of Commons.[16]
The islands have had their own government headed by a chief minister, the first of whom was James Alexander George Smith McCartney, since August 1976. The territory is geographically contiguous to the Bahamas, both comprising the Lucayan Archipelago, but is politically a separate entity. The Caicos s are separated by the Caicos Passage from the closest Bahamian islands, Mayaguana and Great Inagua. The weather is usually sunny and relatively dry, but suffers frequent cheap jerseys hurricanes. The islands have limited natural fresh water resources; private cisterns collect rainwater for drinking. The primary natural resources are spiny lobster, conch and other shellfish. Although it has no emergent cays or islets, some parts are very shallow and the water breaks on them. is part of the Turks and Caicos s and falls within its Exclusive Economic Zone.
Turks and Caicos s (k’ks), dependency of Great Britain (2005 est. pop. 20,600), 166 sq mi (430 sq km), West Indies. There are more than 30 cays and islands, of which eight are inhabited. Geographically, the islands are a southeastern continuation of the Bahamas. The capital is at Cockburn Town on Grand Turk. Lobster and conch are primary exports; the economic mainstays are tourism and offshore financial services. There is also an underground economy based on the transportation of illegal drugs. For nearly three centuries (until the 1960s), salt production was the islands’ main industry. The population is largely of African descent; Protestantism is the main religion and English is spoken. The islands are governed under a constitution that came into effect in 2006, but direct rule imposed by Britain in 2009 due to evidence of corruption, dishonesty, and administrative incompetence. The constitution provides for a unicameral 21seat House of Assembly with 15 elected and 6 appointed members, all of whom serve fouryear terms, and a government is headed by a premier. The monarch of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by a governor, is the head of state. The islands were first visited by Europeans in 1512 when Ponce de Len landed there; they were a dependency of Jamaica until that island’s indepdence in 1962.
Main article: History of the Turks and Caicos s
The Turks and Caicos s are named after the Turk’scap cactus (Melocactus communis), and the Lucayan term "caya hico", meaning string of islands. The first inhabitants of the islands were Arawakanspeaking Tano people who crossed over from Hispaniola sometime from 500 to 800. Together with Tainos who crossed over from Cuba to wholesale nfl jerseys the southern Bahamas around the same time, these people became the Lucayans. Around 1200 the Turks and Caicos s were resettled by Classical Tanos from Hispaniola. Soon after they arrived in the islands in 1492, or 1512,[8] the Spanish began capturing the Tanos of the Turks and Caicos s and the Lucayans as slaves (technically, as workers in the encomienda system)[9] to replace the largely depleted native population of Hispaniola. The southern Bahama s, including the Turks and Caicos s, were completely depopulated by about 1513, and remained so until the 17th century.[10][11][12][13][14]
The first documented European to sight the islands was Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Len, who did so in 1512.[8] During the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the islands passed from Spanish, to French, to British control, but none of the three powers ever established any settlements.
For several decades around the turn of the 18th century they became popular pirate hideouts. Bermudian salt collectors settled the Turk s around 1680. In 17651783 they were under French occupation and again after the French captured the archipelago in 1783. After the American Revolution (17751783) many loyalists fled to Caribbean colonies, including (in 1783) the first settlers on the Caicos s; cotton became an important crop briefly. In 1799, both the Turks and the Caicos island groups were annexed by Britain as part of the Bahamas.[citation needed]
In 1841 the Trouvadore, a Spanish ship engaged in the slave trade, was wrecked off the coast of East Caicos, one of the larger Caicos s. One hundred and ninetytwo captive Africans survived the sinking and made it to shore where, under British rule, the slave trade was illegal. These survivors were apprenticed to trades for one year then settled mostly on Grand Turk . An 1878 letter documents the "Trouvadore Africans" and their descendants as constituting an essential part of the "labouring population" on the islands. In 2004 marine archaeologists rediscovered a wreck, called the "Black Rock Ship", that subsequent research has suggested may be that of the Trouvadore. This suggestion was further supported when a marine archaeology expedition funded by NOAA in November 2008 confirmed that the wreck comprises artifacts of which the style and date of manufacture support the association of this wreck with that of the Trouvadore. The wreckage has, however, not been identified with absolute certainty.[15]
In 1848, the Turks and Caicos were declared a separate colony under a council president. The last incumbent was maintained in 1873 when the islands were made part of Jamaica colony; in 1894 the chief colonial official was restyled commissioner. In 1917, Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden suggested that the Turks and Caicos join Canada, but this suggestion was rejected by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George. The islands remained a dependency of Jamaica until 1959.[citation needed]
On 4 July 1959, the islands were again a separate colony, the last commissioner being restyled administrator, but the governor of Jamaica remained the governor of the islands. Until 31 May 1962, they were one of the constitutive parts of the Federation of the West Indies.[citation needed]
When Jamaica was granted independence from Britain in August 1962, the Turks Caicos s became a Crown colony. From 1965, the governor of the Bahamas was also governor of the Turks and Caicos s and oversaw affairs for the islands. When the Bahamas gained independence in 1973, the Turks and Caicos received their own governor (the last administrator was restyled). In 1974, Canadian New Democratic Party MP Max Saltsman tried to use his Private Member’s Bill to create legislation to annex the islands to Canada, but it did not pass in the Canadian House of Commons.[16]
The islands have had their own government headed by a chief minister, the first of whom was James Alexander George Smith McCartney, since August 1976. The territory is geographically contiguous to the Bahamas, both comprising the Lucayan Archipelago, but is politically a separate entity. The Caicos s are separated by the Caicos Passage from the closest Bahamian islands, Mayaguana and Great Inagua. The weather is usually sunny and relatively dry, but suffers frequent cheap jerseys hurricanes. The islands have limited natural fresh water resources; private cisterns collect rainwater for drinking. The primary natural resources are spiny lobster, conch and other shellfish. Although it has no emergent cays or islets, some parts are very shallow and the water breaks on them. is part of the Turks and Caicos s and falls within its Exclusive Economic Zone.
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