The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands are part of what island grouping?
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands ( and ), or TCI for short, are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies. They are known primarily for tourism and as an offshore financial centre. The resident population is 31,458 of whom 23,769 live on Providenciales in the Caicos Islands. The Turks and Caicos Islands lie southeast of Mayaguana in the Bahamas island chain, northeast of Cuba, and of the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and
Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands The Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands was originally established in 1861 as the Diocese of Nassau. Retitled the Diocese of Nassau and The Bahamas in 1942 it is now known as the Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is a Church in the Province of the West Indies. When the Bahamas was granted to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina by the English Crown in 1670 one of the conditions was the establishment of the Anglican church on the islands.