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| admin_center_type = | settlement_type = Antilles |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 14,308 |area_total_sq_mi = 5,524 |population_as_of = 2009 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 367,536 | population_density_km2 = 24.6 | population_demonym = Bahamian, Turks Islander, Caicos Islander |timezone = EST |utc_offset = −5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = −4 |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = }} The Lucayan Archipelago, also known as the Bahama Archipelago, is an island group comprising the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The archipelago is in the western North Atlantic Ocean, north of the Antilles, and east and southeast of Florida. William Keegan writes that the Bahama archipelago includes the territories of both the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, adding: "Modern political considerations aside, the islands form a single archipelago with common geological, ecological, and cultural roots."〔Keegan:20, 183〕 Because the two nations of the Lucayan Archipelago do not border the Caribbean Sea, they are technically part of the West Indies but not the Caribbean. They are, however, often grouped with the Caribbean nations for convenience. == Proposed federation == The leaders of the Bahamas as well as Turks and Caicos Islands discussed the possibility of forming a federation in 2010.〔Tyson, Vivian. (Bahamas wants federation talks with TCI ). ''Turks and Caicos Sun'', 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lucayan Archipelago」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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