Iziqithi zaseTurks kunye neCaicos

Iziqithi zaseTurks kunye neCaicos (efinyeziweyo iTCI ; kunye ) yiBritish Overseas Territory equka iZiqithi zeCaicos ezinkulu kunye neZiqithi zeTurks ezincinci, amaqela amabini eziqithi ezishushu kwiLucayan Archipelago yoLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki nakumantla eWest Indies . Baziwa ikakhulu ngokhenketho nanjengeziko lezemali elingaphesheya kolwandle . Inani labemi ngoJulayi ka-2021 libekwe kuma-57,196, liyenza indawo yesithathu ngobukhulu kwimimandla yaseBritane phesheya kolwandle ngabantu.

Iziqithi zisemzantsi-mpuma weMayaguana kwikhonkco lesiqithi saseBahamas nakumantla esiqithi saseHispaniola ( iHaiti kunye neDominican Republic ). IGrand Turk (idolophu yaseCockburn), ikomkhulu ukususela ngo-1766, imi kwiSiqithi saseGrand Turk malunga 1,042 kilometres (647 mi) empuma-mpuma yeMiami . Banomhlaba opheleleyo 430 square kilometres (170 sq mi) .

Kwezi ziqithi bekumiwe kangangeenkulungwane ngabemi bomthonyama . Eyokuqala erekhodiweyo yaseYurophu ukubona kubo kwaba ngo 1512. Kwiinkulungwane ezalandelayo, babangwa ngamagunya aliqela aseYurophu, yaye ekugqibeleni uBukhosi baseBritani baba nolawulo. Kangangeminyaka emininzi ayelawulwa ngokungangqalanga eBermuda, eBahamas naseJamaica . Xa iBahamas yafumana inkululeko ngo-1973, iziqithi zafumana irhuluneli yazo, kwaye ziye zahlala zingummandla ozimeleyo ukususela ngoko.