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|text='''Cockburn Town''' on Grand Turk Island is the capital of the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]. The town is known for its long, narrow streets and old street lamps and historic 18th and 19th century Bermudian-style architecture lines Duke and Front Streets. | |text='''Cockburn Town''' on Grand Turk Island is the capital of the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]. The town is known for its long, narrow streets and old street lamps and historic 18th and 19th century Bermudian-style architecture lines Duke and Front Streets. | ||
The seat of government ever since 1766, Cockburn Town was the first permanent settlement on any of the islands, founded in 1681 by salt collectors who arrived in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The town supposedly stands at the place where Juan Ponce de León first landed on the island}}<noinclude> | The seat of government ever since 1766, Cockburn Town was the first permanent settlement on any of the islands, founded in 1681 by salt collectors who arrived in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The town supposedly stands at the place where Juan Ponce de León first landed on the island.}}<noinclude>{{FP data}} | ||
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Cockburn TownCockburn Town on Grand Turk Island is the capital of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The town is known for its long, narrow streets and old street lamps and historic 18th and 19th century Bermudian-style architecture lines Duke and Front Streets. The seat of government ever since 1766, Cockburn Town was the first permanent settlement on any of the islands, founded in 1681 by salt collectors who arrived in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The town supposedly stands at the place where Juan Ponce de León first landed on the island. (Read more) |