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.

Aliases (2)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Overseas Territory → Overseas territory →
administeredBy	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	Chagos Archipelago →
containsMilitaryBase	Diego Garcia U.S.–UK military base →
createdFrom	Mauritius → Seychelles →
currency	Pound sterling → United States dollar →
drivingSide	left →
environment	Tropical marine →
established	1965 →
evictionOfInhabitants	late 1960s and early 1970s →
flag	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 →
internetTLD	.io →
ISO3166-1Alpha-2	IO →
ISO3166-1Alpha-3	IOT →
largestIsland	Diego Garcia →
locatedIn	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 (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Indian Ocean Territory ("British Indian Ocean Territory Administration") →	administeredBy
British Indian Ocean Territory ("Chagos Archipelago") →	containsIslandGroup
British Overseas Territories Act 2002 →	excludes
Indian Ocean ("Chagos Archipelago") →	hasMajorIsland
British Overseas Territories →	include
British Indian Ocean Territory ("Chagos Archipelago") →	locatedIn
Pound sterling →	officialCurrencyOf