What is Providenciales?
'''Providenciales''' is the main tourist island in the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]. It is also where most of the people in the country live, with a population of about 32,000.<ref>[https://archive.today/20121208151414/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gadm&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-204&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500 Provo population in 2012, World gazetteer, download Apr 1, 2012]</ref> The island has an area of {{convert|98|km2|mi2|0|abbr=on}}. Grace Bay is where most of the resorts are. The first resort was Club Med. It opened in 1984.<ref>[http://www.visittci.com/providenciales/about About Providenciales - Visit Turks and Caicos Islands, download Feb 2, 2012]</ref> Blue Hills, Five Cays, and The Bight were the original villages. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.visittci.com/providenciales/ Providenciales - Visit Turks and Caicos Islands] {{north-America-stub}} [[Category:Geography of the Turks and Caicos Islands]] [[Category:Caribbean islands]]