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| Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2003) | Baker Island (2006) | |
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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% (2003 est.) |
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| Agriculture - products | vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts | - |
| Airports | 1 (2002) | one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable (2006) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002) |
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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: 1.4 sq km
land: 1.4 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Area - comparative | about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC | about 2.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC |
| Background | There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William Keeling discovered the islands in 1609, but they 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 generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island. | The US took possession of the island in 1857, and its guano deposits were mined by US and British companies during the second half of the 19th century. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at colonization was begun on this island - as well as on nearby Howland Island - but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned. Presently the island is a National Wildlife Refuge run by the US Department of the Interior; a day beacon is situated near the middle of the west coast. |
| Birth rate | NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.) | - |
| Budget | revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA |
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| Capital | West Island | - |
| Climate | tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year | equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun |
| Coastline | 26 km | 4.8 km |
| Constitution | Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955 | - |
| Country name | conventional long form: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
conventional short form: Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Baker Island |
| Currency | Australian dollar (AUD) | - |
| Death rate | NA deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) | - |
| Debt - external | $NA | - |
| Dependency status | territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services | unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system |
| Diplomatic representation from the US | none (territory of Australia) | - |
| Diplomatic representation in the US | none (territory of Australia) | - |
| Disputes - international | none | none |
| Economic aid - recipient | $NA | - |
| Economy - overview | Grown throughout the islands, coconuts are the sole cash crop. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia. There is a small tourist industry. | no economic activity |
| 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: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 8 m |
| Environment - current issues | fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs | no natural fresh water resources |
| Ethnic groups | Europeans, Cocos Malays | - |
| Exchange rates | Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.9354 (2002), 1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997) | - |
| Executive branch | chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by the Australian governor general
head of government: Administrator (nonresident) 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 (1999) | - |
| Fiscal year | 1 July - 30 June | - |
| Flag description | the flag of Australia is used | the flag of the US 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 13 N, 176 28 W |
| Geography - note | islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation | treeless, sparse, and scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, prostrate vines, and low growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife |
| Highways | total: 15 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (2003) |
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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 (1999) | - |
| Independence | none (territory of Australia) | - |
| Industrial production growth rate | NA% | - |
| Industries | copra products and tourism | - |
| Infant mortality rate | total: NA%
male: NA% female: NA% |
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| Inflation rate (consumer prices) | NA% | - |
| International organization participation | none | - |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) | 2 (2000) | - |
| Irrigated land | NA sq km | 0 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 | 0 km |
| Land use | arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005) |
| Languages | Malay (Cocos dialect), English | - |
| Legal system | based upon the laws of Australia and local laws | the laws of the US, where applicable, apply |
| Legislative branch | unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council (7 seats) | - |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: NA years
male: NA years female: NA years (2003 est.) |
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| Location | Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia to Sri Lanka | Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia |
| Map references | Southeast Asia | Oceania |
| Maritime claims | exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Merchant marine | none (2002 est.) | - |
| Military - note | defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory does have a five-person police force | defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast Guard |
| National holiday | NA | - |
| Nationality | noun: Cocos Islander(s)
adjective: Cocos Islander |
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| Natural hazards | cyclone season is October to April | the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard |
| Natural resources | fish | guano (deposits worked until 1891), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife |
| Net migration rate | NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) | - |
| Political parties and leaders | none | - |
| Political pressure groups and leaders | none | - |
| Population | 630 (July 2003 est.) | uninhabited
note: American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during World War II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; a cemetery and remnants of structures from early settlement are located near the middle of the west coast; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service (2005 est.) |
| Population below poverty line | NA% | - |
| Population growth rate | 0% (2003 est.) | - |
| Ports and harbors | none; lagoon anchorage only | - |
| Radio broadcast stations | AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (2000) | - |
| Railways | 0 km | - |
| Religions | Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.) | - |
| Suffrage | NA | - |
| Telephone system | general assessment: connected within Australia's telecommunication system
domestic: NA international: telephone, telex, and facsimile communications with Australia and elsewhere via satellite; 1 satellite earth station of NA type (2002) |
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| Telephones - main lines in use | 287 (1992) | - |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | NA | - |
| Television broadcast stations | NA | - |
| Terrain | flat, low-lying coral atolls | low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef |
| Total fertility rate | NA children born/woman (2003 est.) | - |
| Transportation - note | - | there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast |
| Unemployment rate | 60% (2000 est.) | - |
| Waterways | none | - |
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