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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
| Location |
E Indian Ocean, S of Sumatra |
| Latitude and longitude |
12 30 S, 96 50 E |
| Sovereignty |
Australia |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Territory of Cocos (Keeling)
Islands"; an External Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia |
| Population |
635 |
| Census notes |
est. July 2000 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
14 |
| Capital |
West Island |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Cocos
(Keeling) Islands Act 1955, as amended (Australia), from the
Government of the Commonwealth of Australia |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Australian Law Reform Commission, External
Territories |
| Cocos
(Keeling) Islands, from the Government of Australia’s Department
of Transport and Regional Services |
| 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. |
| Pulu (Keeling) National Park,
from the Australian Government's Environment Australia pages |
| United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island
Directory |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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