Christmas Island, Australia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Christmas_Island,_Australia
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf external territory
gptkbp:airport gptkb:Christmas_Island_Airport
gptkbp:annexedBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
1888
gptkbp:area 135 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Flying_Fish_Cove
gptkbp:climate tropical equatorial
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_Christmas_Island
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Australian_dollar
gptkbp:demographics Chinese, Malay, European descent
gptkbp:dialCode +61
gptkbp:discoveredBy William Mynors
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1643
gptkbp:distanceFromAustralia ~1,550 km northwest of Perth
gptkbp:distanceFromIndonesia ~350 km south of Java
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Christmas_Island
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Department_of_Infrastructure,_Transport,_Regional_Development,_Communications_and_the_Arts
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Murray_Hill
361 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Christmas Island, Australia
gptkbp:internetTLD .cx
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:CX
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Shire_of_Christmas_Island
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkbp:mainIndustry phosphate mining
gptkbp:notableEvent annual red crab migration
gptkbp:notableFauna gptkb:Christmas_Island_red_crab
gptkb:Christmas_Island_frigatebird
Abbott's booby
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:forest
gptkb:Grotto
caves
coral reefs
limestone cliffs
blowholes
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:percentageProtected 63% of island
gptkbp:population 1,843
gptkbp:populationAsOf 2021
gptkbp:postalCode 6798
gptkbp:protectedArea gptkb:Christmas_Island_National_Park
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:timezone UTC+07:00
gptkbp:transferredTo gptkb:Australia
1958
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Christmas_Island_Immigration_Detention_Centre
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8