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Christmas Island

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Also known as Christmas Island, Other Territories, Christmas Island, Other Territories, Australia, Territory of Christmas Island, cx

island and external territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean

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Christmas Island is an Australian territory located in the Indian Ocean, far from the Australian mainland. It matters as a remote outpost of Australia in the Indian Ocean region and has historically been significant for its natural resources and unique ecosystem.

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Christmas
Demonym
Christmas Islanders
Country
Australia
Located in
Australia
Continent
Asia
Official language
English language
Population
1692
Area
135
Elevation
234
Body of water
Indian Ocean
Official website
www.shire.gov.cx
Image
Crab migration extra - chris bray-1.jpg
Dialing code
0891
Motto
Advance Australia Fair
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top-level Internet domain
.cx
Commons category
Christmas Island
topic's main category
Category:Christmas Island
Commons gallery
Christmas Island
native label
Territory of Christmas Island
male population
1130
female population
712
maritime identification digits
516
language used
English language
inception
1958-10-01
Unicode character
🇨🇽
different from
Easter Island
driving side
left
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Encyclopedic overview

Territory of Christmas Island Simplified Chinese圣诞岛领地 Traditional Chinese聖誕島領地

Malay name MalayWilayah Pulau Krismas

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Christmas Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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