group: Grand Turk (with the capital of the territory, area , population 4,831) Salt Cay (area , population 108) Together with nearby islands, all on Turks Bank, those two main islands form the two administrative districts of the territory (out of six in total) that fall within the Turks Islands. Turks Bank, which is smaller than Caicos Bank, has a total area of about . The main uninhabited islands are: Big Sand Cay Cotton Cay East Cay Endymion Rock Gibbs Cay Pear Cay Mouchoir Bank east of the Turks Islands and separated from them by Mouchoir Passage is the Mouchoir Bank. Although it has no emergent cays or islets, some parts are very shallow and the water breaks on them. Mouchoir Bank is part of the Turks and Caicos Islands and falls within its Exclusive Economic Zone. It measures in area. Two banks further east, Silver Bank and Navidad Bank, are geographically a continuation, but belong politically to the Dominican Republic. Caicos Islands The largest island in the Caicos archipelago is the sparsely-inhabited Middle Caicos, which measures in area, but has a population of only 168 at the 2012 Census. The most populated island is Providenciales, with 23,769 inhabitants in 2012, and an area of . North Caicos ( in area) had 1,312 inhabitants. South Caicos ( in area) had 1,139 inhabitants, and Parrot Cay ( in area) had 131 inhabitants. East Caicos (which is administered as part of South Caicos District) is uninhabited, while the only permanent inhabitants of West Caicos (administered as part of Providenciales District) are resort staff. The Caicos Islands comprise the following main islands: Ambergris Cays Big Ambergris Cay Little Ambergris Cay Bay Cay Bush Cay Dellis Cay Donna Cay Dove Cay East Bay Cay East Caicos Fish Cays Five Cays Five Little Cays Fort George Cay French Cay Little Water Cay Long Cay Mangrove Cay Middle Caicos Middleton Cay North Caicos Parrot Cay Pine Cay Plandon Cay Providenciales Seal Cays Six Hill Cays South Caicos Stubbs Cay Water Cay West Caicos West Sand Spit Climate The Turks and Caicos Islands feature a tropical savannah climate (AW), with relatively consistent temperatures throughout the course of the year. Summertime temperatures rarely exceed and winter nighttime temperatures rarely fall below . Biodiversity The Turks and Caicos Islands are a biodiversity hotspot. The islands have many endemic species and others of international importance, due to the conditions created