Chagos Islands

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:British_Indian_Ocean_Territory
gptkbp:airport gptkb:Diego_Garcia_Airport
gptkbp:area approximately 56.13 km²
gptkbp:claimedBy gptkb:Mauritius
gptkbp:climate tropical marine
gptkbp:coralReefs extensive
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:distanceFromMahé about 2,200 km
gptkbp:distanceFromMaldives about 500 km
gptkbp:distanceFromSeychelles about 1,600 km
gptkbp:evictionOfInhabitants 1968-1973
gptkbp:exclusiveEconomicZone 640,000 km²
gptkbp:flora tropical
gptkbp:formerColonyOf gptkb:France
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:formerInhabitants gptkb:Chagossians
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chagos Islands
gptkbp:ICJAdvisoryOpinion 2019
gptkbp:internetTLD io
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code IO
gptkbp:languageSpokenByFormerInhabitants gptkb:French
gptkb:Chagossian_Creole
English
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Diego_Garcia
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity gptkb:military
gptkbp:mainExports none
gptkbp:militaryBaseLocation gptkb:Diego_Garcia
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Danger_Island
gptkb:Diego_Garcia
gptkb:Eagle_Islands
gptkb:Egmont_Islands
gptkb:Peros_Banhos
gptkb:Salomon_Islands
gptkbp:numberOfIslands over 60
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Indian_Ocean_Territory
gptkbp:population no permanent population
gptkbp:postalCode BBND 1ZZ
gptkbp:protectedArea established 2010
gptkbp:significantEvent ICJ ruling 2019
UN General Assembly vote 2019
depopulation of Chagossians
establishment of US military base
gptkbp:sovereigntyDispute gptkb:Mauritius
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:timezone UTC+6
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus not a World Heritage Site
gptkbp:UNResolution 2019
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:military
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Declassified_UK
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8