{{Short description|Settlement in Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info --> |name = <!-- at least one of the first two fields must be filled in --> |official_name = Five Cays |other_name = |native_name = <!-- if different from the English name --> |nickname = |type = Settlement<!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.--> |total_type = Settlement<!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows --> |motto = <!-- images and maps --> | image_skyline = {{Photomontage | photo1a = | photo2a = | photo2b = | photo3a = | photo3b = | spacing = | position = | color_border = | color = | size = | foot_montage = }} |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_shield = |image_map = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |map_caption1 = Map showing Five Cays within Turks and Caicos |coordinates = {{coord|21.764|-72.260|region:TC|display=inline,title}} |pushpin_map = Turks and Caicos Islands#Caribbean <!-- the name of a location map as per Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{UK}} |subdivision_type1 = Overseas territory |subdivision_name1 = {{TCA}} |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Providenciales <!-- Seat of government --> |seat_type = |seat = <!-- Politics --> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area --> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields with measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_total_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = <!-- Elevation --> |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |elevation_max_m = |elevation_max_ft = |elevation_min_m = |elevation_min_ft = <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = 2012 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 3,592<ref name="govpop">{{cite web|title=Population |url=https://www.gov.tc/stats/statistics/social/5-population|website=Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands |access-date=March 20, 2026}}</ref> |population_density_km2 = <!--For automatic calculation, any density field may contain: auto --> |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information --> |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = Climate |blank_info = BSh |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Five Cays''' is a settlement on the island of Providenciales (known locally as Provo) in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. It is located on the south coast of the island,<ref name=5CAY>{{cite book|last1=Mills|first1=Carlton M.|last2=Mills|first2=Debby Lee V.|title=The Turks and Caicos Islands: Our Heritage, Our History|year=2022|chapter=Chapter 8: Providenciales|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands_Our_Heritag/GWVjEAAAQBAJ?kptab=editions&gbpv=1|access-date=March 20, 2026}}</ref> adjacent to the Providenciales International Airport. Along with The Bight and Blue Hills, Five Cays is one of the three original settlements on Provo.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stanford|first1=Emma|last2=Hanna|first2=Nick|title=National Geographic Traveler - The Caribbean: Ports of Call and Beyond|publisher=National Geographic Society|year=2016|isbn=978-1426217098|page=94|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/National_Geographic_Traveler_The_Caribbe/UBdPDQAAQBAJ?kptab=editions&gbpv=1|access-date=March 20, 2026}}</ref>
Five Cays is named for the five small limestone islands (cays)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Five Cays - Private Peninsula - Turks and Caicos, Caribbean|magazine=Private Islands Magazine|editor=George Webster|date=2017|url=https://archive.org/details/privateislandsonline-mag/privateislandsonline-mag/pim-17-digital/page/n37/mode/2up|access-date=March 20, 2026}}</ref> that can be seen offshore from the settlement,<ref>{{cite book|last=Hayne|first=Tricia|title=Turks & Caicos|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides Ltd; Globe Pequot Press, Inc.|year=2008|page=120|url=https://archive.org/details/turkscaicos0000hayn/page/120/mode/2up|access-date=March 20, 2026}}</ref> guarding Cooper Jack Bay. The five cays include: Middle Cay, Bay Cay, Sim Cay, Pusey Cay, and William Cay.<ref name=5CAY/>
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Category:Populated places in the Turks and Caicos Islands Category:Caicos Islands
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