Providenciales

Providenciales
Turtle Cove, Providenciales
Location of Providenciales within the Turks and Caicos Islands
Providenciales
Providenciales
Geography
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Coordinates21°46′39″N 72°15′44″W / 21.77750°N 72.26222°W / 21.77750; -72.26222
ArchipelagoLucayan Archipelago
Administration
United Kingdom
British Overseas TerritoryTurks and Caicos Islands
Demographics
Population23,769 (2012)
Additional information
Time zone
 • Summer (DST)
ISO codeTC

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 98 km2 (38 mi2) 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.