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tɔrˈtoʊ lətor·to·la
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Tortola
Tortola () is the largest and most populated island of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It has a surface area of 55.7 square kilometres (21.5 square miles) with a total population of 23,908, with 9,400 residents in Road Town. Mount Sage is its highest point at 530 metres (1,740 feet) above sea level. Although the British Virgin Islands (BVI) are under the British flag, it uses the U.S. dollar as its official currency due to its proximity to and frequent trade with the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The island is home to many offshore companies that do business worldwide. Financial services are a major part of the country's economy. On 6 September 2017, the British Virgin Islands were extensively damaged by Hurricane Irma. The most severe destruction was on Tortola. News reports over the next day or two described the situation as "devastation".
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Tortola
Tortola is third in size, after Saint Croix and Saint Thomas, and most populated of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. Local tradition recounts that Christopher Columbus named it Tortola, meaning "land of the Turtle Dove". Columbus named the island Santa Ana. The later Dutch settled and called it Ter Tholen, after a coastal island forming part of the west coast of the Netherlands. When the British took over, they altered the name to its present-day Tortola.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TORTOLA
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tortola is ranked #93921 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Tortola surname appeared 195 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tortola.
53.3% or 104 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
45.6% or 89 total occurrences were White.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Tortola in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Tortola in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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