British Indian Ocean Territory

E23391

British Overseas Territory Overseas territory

The British Indian Ocean Territory is a remote UK overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, best known for hosting the U.S.–UK military base on Diego Garcia and having no permanent civilian population.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
British Indian Ocean Territory canonical	34
Chagos Archipelago	9
British Indian Ocean Territory Administration	5
British Indian Ocean Territory Order	1
British Indian Ocean Territory Ordinances	1
United Kingdom–Mauritius sovereignty dispute over Chagos Archipelago	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Overseas Territory ⓘ Overseas territory ⓘ
administeredBy	British Indian Ocean Territory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British Indian Ocean Territory Administration
callingCode	+246 ⓘ
capital	Diego Garcia ⓘ
claimedBy	Mauritius ⓘ
coatOfArms	Coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ
containsIsland	Danger Island ⓘ Diego Garcia ⓘ Eagle Islands ⓘ Nelsons Island ⓘ Peros Banhos ⓘ Salomon Islands ⓘ Three Brothers ⓘ
containsIslandGroup	British Indian Ocean Territory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chagos Archipelago
containsMilitaryBase	Diego Garcia ⓘ surface form: Diego Garcia U.S.–UK military base
createdFrom	Mauritius ⓘ Seychelles ⓘ
currency	Pound sterling ⓘ US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar
drivingSide	left ⓘ
environment	Tropical marine ⓘ
established	1965 ⓘ
evictionOfInhabitants	late 1960s and early 1970s ⓘ
flag	Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ surface form: Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory
formerInhabitants	Chagossians ⓘ
governingCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDisputedStatus	true ⓘ
hasMarineProtectedArea	Chagos Marine Protected Area ⓘ
hasNoIndigenousPopulation	true ⓘ
hasNoPermanentPopulation	true ⓘ
headOfState	Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ surface form: Charles III
internetTLD	.io ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha-2	IO ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha-3	IOT ⓘ
largestIsland	Diego Garcia ⓘ
locatedIn	British Indian Ocean Territory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chagos Archipelago Indian Ocean ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Overseas Territories ⓘ
population	0 permanent residents ⓘ
primaryUse	Military ⓘ
representedBy	Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
strategicImportance	Indian Ocean military logistics and surveillance ⓘ
subjectTo	United Nations decolonization discussions ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+06:00 ⓘ
uses	Joint UK–US military operations ⓘ
usesLegalSystem	English law ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

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

Pound sterling → officialCurrencyOf → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Indian Ocean → hasMajorIsland → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chagos Archipelago

British Overseas Territories → include → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

British Indian Ocean Territory → locatedIn → British Indian Ocean Territory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chagos Archipelago

British Indian Ocean Territory → administeredBy → British Indian Ocean Territory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian Ocean Territory Administration

British Indian Ocean Territory → containsIslandGroup → British Indian Ocean Territory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chagos Archipelago

British Overseas Territories Act 2002 → excludes → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

IOT → represents → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

IOT → assignedTo → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory → appliesToJurisdiction → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory → hasJurisdictionOver → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory → hasJurisdictionOver → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chagos Archipelago

Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory → legalAuthority → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian Ocean Territory Order

Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory → seatOfGovernmentFor → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Peros Banhos → locatedIn → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chagos Archipelago

Peros Banhos → country → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Peros Banhos → partOf → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Peros Banhos → partOf → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chagos Archipelago

Peros Banhos → archipelago → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chagos Archipelago

Three Brothers → country → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Three Brothers → locatedIn → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Three Brothers → partOf → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chagos Archipelago

Three Brothers → administeredBy → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian Ocean Territory Administration

Three Brothers → archipelago → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chagos Archipelago

Three Brothers → region → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Three Brothers → governedUnder → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian Ocean Territory Ordinances

Chagos Marine Protected Area → locatedIn → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Chagos Marine Protected Area → relatedDispute → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom–Mauritius sovereignty dispute over Chagos Archipelago

Coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory → country → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory → usedBy → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Chagossians → countryOfOrigin → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory → country → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

subject surface form: Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory

Diego Garcia → country → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Diego Garcia → locatedIn → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Diego Garcia → administeredAs → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Diego Garcia → exclusiveEconomicZoneOf → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Danger Island → locatedIn → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Danger Island → governedBy → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian Ocean Territory Administration

Eagle Islands → locatedIn → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Eagle Islands → partOf → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Eagle Islands → isPartOf → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Eagle Islands → governingAuthority → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian Ocean Territory Administration

Salomon Islands → locatedIn → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Salomon Islands → partOf → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Salomon Islands → adminUnit → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

British overseas territories citizenship → territoriesCovered → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Nelsons Island → locatedIn → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Nelsons Island → country → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

Nelsons Island → administeredBy → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian Ocean Territory Administration

Diego Garcia Tracking Station → locatedIn → British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ