Compare Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2006) - Dhekelia (2008)

Compare Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2006) z Dhekelia (2008)

	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2006)	Dhekelia (2008)

Administrative divisions	none (territory of Australia)	-
Age structure	0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA (2006 est.)	-
Agriculture - products	vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts	-
Airports	1 (2006)	-
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)	-
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: 130.8 sq km note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves
Area - comparative	about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC	about three-quarters the size of 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.	By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The larger of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.
Birth rate	NA	-
Budget	revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA	-
Capital	name: West Island geographic coordinates: 12 10 S, 96 55 E time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)	name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri geographic coordinates: 34 40 N, 32 51 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Climate	tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year	temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
Coastline	26 km	27.5 km
Constitution	Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955 (23 November 1955) as amended by the Territories Law Reform Act of 1992	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960, functions as a basic legal document
Country name	conventional long form: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands conventional short form: Cocos (Keeling) Islands	conventional long form: Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area conventional short form: Dhekelia
Death rate	NA deaths/1,000 population	-
Dependency status	non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services	a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Disputes - international	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.	Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m	-
Environment - current issues	fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs	netting and trapping of small migrant songbirds in the spring and autumn
Ethnic groups	Europeans, Cocos Malays	-
Exchange rates	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001)	Cypriot pounds per US dollar - NA (2007), 0.46019 (2006), 0.4641 (2005), 0.4686 (2004), 0.5174 (2003)
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by the Australian governor general head of government: Administrator (nonresident) Neil LUCAS (since 30 January 2006) cabinet: NA elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia and represents the monarch and Australia	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Administrator Air Vice-Marshal Richard LACEY (since 26 April 2006); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch
Exports	$NA	-
Exports - commodities	copra	-
Exports - partners	Australia (2004)	-
Fiscal year	1 July - 30 June	-
Flag description	the flag of Australia is used	the flag of the UK is used
Geographic coordinates	12 30 S, 96 50 E	34 59 N, 33 45 E
Geography - note	islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation	British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area land 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land
Imports	$NA	-
Imports - commodities	foodstuffs	-
Imports - partners	Australia (2004)	-
Independence	none (territory of Australia)	-
Industries	copra products and tourism	none
Infant mortality rate	total: NA male: NA female: NA	-
International organization participation	none	-
Irrigated land	NA	-
Judicial branch	Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court	-
Labor force	NA	-
Labor force - by occupation	note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others	-
Land boundaries	0 km	total: 103 km (approximately) border countries: Cyprus 103 km (approximately)
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)	-
Languages	Malay (Cocos dialect), English	English, Greek
Legal system	based upon the laws of Australia and local laws	the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus
Legislative branch	unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council (7 seats) elections: held every two years with half the members standing for election; last held in May 2005 (next to be held in May 2007)	-
Life expectancy at birth	total population: NA male: NA female: NA	-
Literacy	NA	-
Location	Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia to Sri Lanka	on the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta
Map references	Southeast Asia	Middle East
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	-
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory has a five-person police force	includes Dhekelia Garrison and Ayios Nikolaos Station connected by a roadway
National holiday	Australia Day, 26 January (1788)	-
Nationality	noun: Cocos Islander(s) adjective: Cocos Islander	-
Natural hazards	cyclone season is October to April	-
Natural resources	fish	-
Net migration rate	NA	-
Political parties and leaders	none	-
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	-
Population	574 (July 2006 est.)	approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service and UK Based Contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents
Population growth rate	0% (2006 est.)	-
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2004)	AM NA, FM 1 (located in Akrotiri), shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)
Religions	Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.)	-
Suffrage	NA	-
Telephone system	general assessment: connected within Australia's telecommunication system domestic: NA international: country code - 61; telephone, telex, and facsimile communications with Australia and elsewhere via satellite; 1 INTELSAT satellite earth station	-
Telephones - main lines in use	287 (1992)	-
Telephones - mobile cellular	note - analog cellular service available	-
Television broadcast stations	NA	0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)
Terrain	flat, low-lying coral atolls	-
Total fertility rate	NA	-
Unemployment rate	60% (2000 est.)	-

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