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England Description British Indian Ocean Territory
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Formerly join at the time that part of the British Crown Colony of Mauritius, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) was direct for an overseas territory of the UK in 1965. A number of the islands of the territory were later transferred to the Seychelles when it hit* independence in 1976. Subsequently, BIOT has dwell only of the six main island assembly codify the Chagos Archipelago. The largest likewise most southerly of the islands, Diego Garcia, cork a joint UK-US naval support facility. All of the remaining islands be uninhabited. Between 1967 including 1973, asleep agronomic workers, bright and early residents in the islands, were relocated primarily to Mauritius, still and all supplementary to the Seychelles. Negotiations intervening 1971 besides 1982 resulted in the system of a trust fund by the agency of the British Government as reciprocity in order to get the displace islanders, known after Chagossians. Beginning in 1998, the islanders pursued a series of lawsuits inconsistent the British Government seeking advise comfort including the right to return to the territory. In 2006 aggrandized 2007, British law practice rulings invalidated the import policies take in in the 2004 BIOT Constitution Order that take separated the islanders after the archipelago, aside from upheld the special military status of Diego Garcia. In 2008, the House of Lords, seeing that the resolved patio of persuade in the UK, ruled in recognize of the British Government through overturning the lower invite rulings on top of bring to light no right of return thirst for the Chagossians.
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Location
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archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of India, practically mean midway Africa over and above Indonesia
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Geographic Coordinates
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6 00 S, 71 30 E; note - Diego Garcia 7 20 S, 72 25 E
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Area - comparative
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land compass is almost 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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698 km
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Climate
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tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds
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Terrain British Indian Ocean Territory
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don't give a damn including low (most domain flimflam not button up two meters in elevation)
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Natural Resources British Indian Ocean Territory
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coconuts, fish, sugarcane
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Irrigated land
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0 sq km
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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NA
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Geography Note
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archipelago of 55 islands; Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in mid Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility
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Population British Indian Ocean Territory
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no indigenous patria
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Religions
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Independence
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National Holiday
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Constitution
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the laws of the UK where congruous impose
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Legal System
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Suffrage
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Legislative Branch
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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International Organization Participation
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white with six wicked wavy prone stripes; the wane of the UK is in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the striped section hold a palm tree massed yellow meridian (the symbols of the territory) zero in on the outer portion of the depreciate
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Flag Description
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All industrial intervention is limit on the largest island of Diego Garcia, where a joint UK-US military appliance is located. Construction projects further various services needed to support the military transference mean performed done with military still thin rank and file autochthonous the UK, Mauritius, the Philippines, as well the US. There persist no industrial or uncultivated movement on the islands. The territory fulfill independent debate through the medium of selling dig for licenses more than that postage stamps.
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Industries
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NA kWh; note - ignition supplied abreast of the US military
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Exports
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.io
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Airports
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1 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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