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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
| Country | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
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| Flag |  |
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| Capital | name: West Island
geographic coordinates: 12 10 S, 96 50 E
time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
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| Population | 596 (July 2009 est.) |
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| GMT | +6.5 |
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| Location | Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia to Sri Lanka
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| Area | total: 14 sq km
land: 14 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island |
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| Ethnic groups | Europeans, Cocos Malays |
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| Religions | Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.) |
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| Languages | Malay (Cocos dialect), English |
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| Government type | NA |
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| National holiday | Australia Day, 26 January (1788) |
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| Constitution | Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955 (23 November 1955) as amended by the Territories Law Reform Act of 1992 |
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| Legal system | based upon the laws of Australia and local laws |
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| Background | There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William KEELING discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. From the 1820s to 1978, members of the CLUNIE-ROSS family controlled the islands and the copra produced from local coconuts. Annexed by the UK in 1857, the Cocos Islands were transferred to the Australian Government in 1955. The population on the two inhabited islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island. |
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Internet
country code | .cc |
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