Indian Ocean territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

E673583

The Indian Ocean territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is a remote Australian external territory consisting of two small atoll groups known for their strategic location, unique Cocos Malay culture, and tropical marine environment.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf external territory of Australia ⓘ
island territory ⓘ
administrativeCentre West Island ⓘ
administrator Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
airport Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport ⓘ
archipelagoType coral atoll ⓘ
areaSquareKilometres 14 ⓘ
callingCode +61 8 ⓘ
capital West Island ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
consistsOf Home Island ⓘ
West Island ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
countryCodeTopLevelDomain .cc ⓘ
currency Australian dollar ⓘ
currencyCode AUD ⓘ
distanceToAustralia about 2750 km northwest of Perth ⓘ
distanceToChristmasIsland about 900 km southwest of Christmas Island ⓘ
drivingSide left ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cocos Malays ⓘ
linked to: Cocos Malay people

Europeans ⓘ
formerColonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentType territory administered by Australia ⓘ
headOfState monarch of Australia ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2Code CC ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3Code CCK ⓘ
ISO3166-1NumericCode 166 ⓘ
knownFor Cocos Malay culture ⓘ
strategic location in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
tropical marine biodiversity ⓘ
largestSettlement Bantam Village ⓘ
legalSystem Australian law ⓘ
legislature Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council ⓘ
localLanguage Cocos Malay ⓘ
location Indian Ocean ⓘ
marineEnvironment tropical coral reefs ⓘ
numberOfIslands 27 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
officialName Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
population approximately 600 ⓘ
populationMajority Cocos Malays ⓘ
linked to: Cocos Malay
primaryEconomicActivity public sector employment ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
representativeOfHeadOfState Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
selfDeterminationAct Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955 ⓘ
shortName Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
sovereignState Australia ⓘ
subregion Eastern Indian Ocean ⓘ
timeZone UTC+06:30 ⓘ
transferredToAustralia 1955 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands → jurisdiction → Indian Ocean territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Council → region → Indian Ocean Territories ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Christmas Island National Park → region → Australian Indian Ocean Territories ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands