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| Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2001) | Atlantic Ocean (2004) | |
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| Administrative divisions | none (territory of Australia) | - |
| Age structure | 0-14 years:
NA% 15-64 years: NA% 65 years and over: NA% |
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| Agriculture - products | vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts | - |
| Airports | 1 (2000 est.) | - |
| Airports - with paved runways | total:
1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2000 est.) |
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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 |
total: 76.762 million sq km
note: includes Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies |
| Area - comparative | about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC | slightly less than 6.5 times the size of the US |
| Background | The islands were discovered in 1609, but remained uninhabited until the 19th century. Annexed by the UK in 1857, they were transferred to the Australian Government in 1955. The population on the two inhabited islands is split between the mostly Europeans on West Island and the Malays on Home Island. | The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). The Kiel Canal (Germany), Oresund (Denmark-Sweden), Bosporus (Turkey), Strait of Gibraltar (Morocco-Spain), and the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Canada-US) are important strategic access waterways. The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth world ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Atlantic Ocean south of 60 degrees south. |
| Birth rate | NA births/1,000 population | - |
| Budget | revenues:
$NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA |
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| Capital | West Island | - |
| Climate | pleasant, modified by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year; moderate rainfall | tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa near Cape Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur from May to December, but are most frequent from August to November |
| Coastline | 2.6 km | 111,866 km |
| Constitution | Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955 | - |
| Country name | conventional long form:
Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands conventional short form: Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
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| Currency | Australian dollar (AUD) | - |
| Death rate | NA deaths/1,000 population | - |
| Debt - external | $NA | - |
| Dependency status | territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories | - |
| Diplomatic representation from the US | none (territory of Australia) | - |
| Diplomatic representation in the US | none (territory of Australia) | - |
| Disputes - international | none | some maritime disputes (see littoral states) |
| Economic aid - recipient | $NA | - |
| Economy - overview | Grown throughout the islands, coconuts are the sole cash crop. Copra and fresh coconuts are the major export earners. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia. | The Atlantic Ocean provides some of the world's most heavily trafficked sea routes, between and within the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Other economic activity includes the exploitation of natural resources, e.g., fishing, the dredging of aragonite sands (The Bahamas), and production of crude oil and natural gas (Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and North Sea). |
| Electricity - consumption | NA kWh | - |
| Electricity - production | NA kWh | - |
| Electricity - production by source | fossil fuel:
NA% hydro: NA% nuclear: NA% other: NA% |
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| Elevation extremes | lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m |
lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
highest point: sea level 0 m |
| Environment - current issues | fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs | endangered marine species include the manatee, seals, sea lions, turtles, and whales; drift net fishing is hastening the decline of fish stocks and contributing to international disputes; municipal sludge pollution off eastern US, southern Brazil, and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Maracaibo, Mediterranean Sea, and North Sea; industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Mediterranean Sea |
| Ethnic groups | Europeans, Cocos Malays | - |
| Exchange rates | Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.7995 (January 2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997), 1.2773 (1996) | - |
| Executive branch | chief of state:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by the Australian governor general head of government: Administrator (non-resident) William Leonard TAYLOR (since 4 February 1999) cabinet: NA elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia and represents the monarch and Australia |
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| Exports | $NA | - |
| Exports - commodities | copra | - |
| Exports - partners | Australia | - |
| Fiscal year | 1 July - 30 June | - |
| Flag description | the flag of Australia is used | - |
| GDP | purchasing power parity - $NA | - |
| GDP - composition by sector | agriculture:
NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
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| GDP - per capita | purchasing power parity - $NA | - |
| GDP - real growth rate | NA% | - |
| Geographic coordinates | 12 30 S, 96 50 E | 0 00 N, 25 00 W |
| Geography - note | two coral atolls thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation | major chokepoints include the Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar, access to the Panama and Suez Canals; strategic straits include the Strait of Dover, Straits of Florida, Mona Passage, The Sound (Oresund), and Windward Passage; the Equator divides the Atlantic Ocean into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean |
| Highways | total:
15 km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (2001) |
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| Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%:
NA% highest 10%: NA% |
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| Imports | $NA | - |
| Imports - commodities | foodstuffs | - |
| Imports - partners | Australia | - |
| Independence | none (territory of Australia) | - |
| Industrial production growth rate | NA% | - |
| Industries | copra products and tourism | - |
| Infant mortality rate | NA deaths/1,000 live births | - |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) | NA% | - |
| International organization participation | none | - |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) | 2 (2000) | - |
| Irrigated land | NA sq km | - |
| Judicial branch | Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court | - |
| Labor force | NA | - |
| Labor force - by occupation | the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others | - |
| Land boundaries | 0 km | - |
| Land use | arable land:
0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100% (1993 est.) |
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| Languages | English, Malay | - |
| Legal system | based upon the laws of Australia and local laws | - |
| Legislative branch | unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council (NA seats) | - |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population:
NA years male: NA years female: NA years |
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| Location | Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia, about one-half of the way from Australia to Sri Lanka | body of water between Africa, Europe, the Southern Ocean, and the Western Hemisphere |
| Map references | Southeast Asia | Political Map of the World |
| Maritime claims | exclusive fishing zone:
200 NM territorial sea: 3 NM |
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| Merchant marine | none (2000 est.) | - |
| Military - note | defense is the responsibility of Australia | - |
| National holiday | NA | - |
| Nationality | noun:
Cocos Islander(s) adjective: Cocos Islander |
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| Natural hazards | cyclones may occur in the early months of the year | icebergs common in Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, and the northwestern Atlantic Ocean from February to August and have been spotted as far south as Bermuda and the Madeira Islands; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme northern Atlantic from October to May; persistent fog can be a maritime hazard from May to September; hurricanes (May to December) |
| Natural resources | fish | oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones |
| Net migration rate | NA migrant(s)/1,000 population | - |
| Political parties and leaders | none | - |
| Political pressure groups and leaders | none | - |
| Population | 633 (July 2001 est.) | - |
| Population below poverty line | NA% | - |
| Population growth rate | -0.21% (2001 est.) | - |
| Ports and harbors | none; lagoon anchorage only | Alexandria (Egypt), Algiers (Algeria), Antwerp (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Casablanca (Morocco), Colon (Panama), Copenhagen (Denmark), Dakar (Senegal), Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal), London (UK), Marseille (France), Montevideo (Uruguay), Montreal (Canada), Naples (Italy), New Orleans (US), New York (US), Oran (Algeria), Oslo (Norway), Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Stockholm (Sweden) |
| Radio broadcast stations | AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998) | - |
| Radios | 300 (1992) | - |
| Railways | 0 km | - |
| Religions | Sunni Muslim 57%, Christian 22%, other 21% (1981 est.) | - |
| Suffrage | NA | - |
| Telephone system | general assessment:
NA domestic: NA international: telephone, telex, and facsimile communications with Australia and elsewhere via satellite; 1 satellite earth station of NA type |
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| Telephones - main lines in use | NA (1999) | - |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | 0 (1999) | - |
| Television broadcast stations | 0 (1997) | - |
| Terrain | flat, low-lying coral atolls | surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin |
| Total fertility rate | NA children born/woman | - |
| Transportation - note | - | Kiel Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway are two important waterways; significant domestic commercial and recreational use of Intracoastal Waterway on central and south Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of US |
| Waterways | none | - |
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