South Caicos is the seventh largest island in the Turks and
Caicos islands archipelago, with a land area of 21.2 km
(8 sq mi). The population was estimated at 1579 in 2006. Together
with uninhabited East Caicos and a number of smaller islands, it forms the
South Caicos and East Caicos District, with a total area of 136.8 km
(53 sq mi). All islands in the east and south of Caicos Bank belong
to this district, except French Cay, which belongs to Providenciales and West
Caicos. The larger ones of these islands are Hog cay (7.9 km²), McCartney
Cay (3.5 km²), Little
