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Estimated Population (2008)	36,605
Population (2001)	19,886
Average HH Size (2001)	2.8
Constant GDP Growth Rate (2007p)	11.2
Constant GDP (US$'000) (2007p)	632,052
Imports (US$ '000) (2008p)	591,252
Exports (US$ '000) (2008p)	24,769
Inflation Rate (2007)	3.7%

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DEPS Grand Turk Office:
South Base, Grand Turk
Turks and Caicos Islands
British West Indies
Tel nos.: +1649-946-2801;
+1649-946-2221
Fax no: +1649-946-2557
E-mail: deps@gov.tc or info@depstc.org

DEPS Providenciales Office:
Telefax: +1649-941-5194

The Turks and Caicos Islands first language is English. There are certain phrases that vary from the English language and certain proverbs and terms which give a distinctly Turks and Caicos flavour to the spoken word.

The natives of each Island have their own unique way of pronouncing certain words making it easy to tell the home town of a person just by hearing them speak. The following are words and phrases unique to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Ga (Got/Have) - I GA five coconuts and one banana.
Gal (Girl) - She ya GAL friend ay?
I'een (I'm not) -I'EEN going out tonight gal, I tired.
Gee (Give) - Did Frank GEE you some fish?
Shut (Shirt) - My SHUT is red and my pants is blue.
Buck(To Meet/Met) - I BUCK Susan in the shop today.

As a multi-national country, we use quite a number of words and phrases from our Carribean and US neighbors such as:
Irie & Ya Man from Jamaica
Sak Passe & Mab Boule from Haiti
Que Passa & Mucho Gracias from the Dominican Republic
What's up & Yo from the USA

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