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British Indian Ocean Territory
| Location |
Indian Ocean, S of Maldive Islands |
| Latitude and longitude |
6 00 S, 72 00 E |
| Sovereignty |
United Kingdom; Diego Garcia also claimed by Mauritius |
| Political status notes |
The Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia |
| Population |
3,200 |
| Census notes |
military base population only |
| Land area in square kilometers |
60 |
| Capital |
None |
Fundamental legal documents online
|
|
British
Overseas Territories Act 2002, on the ISLAND LAW website |
Other legal documents online
|
| Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Appeal
(Civil Division) (United Kingdom), Secretary of State for the Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs v
Bancoult, R (on the application of), [2007] EWCA Civ 498 (23 May 2007)
(sustaining right of Chagos Islanders to return to Chagos Islands, other
than Diego Garcia) |
|
Chagos
Islanders v. Attorney General & Her Majesty's British Indian Ocean
Territory Commissioner, [2003] EWHC 2222 (QB) |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| British
Indian Ocean Territory, from Island Vulnerability |
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Global
Issues: Overseas Territories |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: British Indian Ocean Territory |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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