Coco Islands
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territory of Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal
Key facts
- Location
- Bay of Bengal
- Archipelago
- Andaman Islands
- Adjacent to
- Andaman Sea
- Major islands
- Great Coco Little Coco
- Area
- 7.93 sq mi (20.5 km )
- Length
- 6.2 mi (10 km)
- Highest elevation
- 366 ft (111.6 m)
- Region
- Yangon
- District
- South Yangon
- Township
- Cocokyun
- Ward
- Coco Islands
- Largest settlement
- Great Coco Island (pop. 1,000+)
- Population
- Less than 1,109 (2019)
- Pop density
- 54/sq mi (20.8/km )
- Ethnic groups
- Bamar people , non-Burmese minorities
- Time zone
- MMT ( UTC+6:30 )
- Iso code
- MM-06
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Yangon Region
- Area
- 20.54
- Elevation
- 93
- Body of water
- Indian Ocean
- Image
- Cocos-Islands-Myanmar-map.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
The Coco Islands (Burmese: ကိုကိုးကျွန်း) are a small group of islands in the northeastern Bay of Bengal. They are part of the Yangon Region of Myanmar since 1937. The islands are located 414 km (257 mi) south of the city of Yangon. Coco Island group consists of five islands: four on the Great Coco Reef and one on the Little Coco Reef,one is RaiCoco. To the north of this island group lies Preparis Island, belonging to Myanmar. To the south lies the Landfall Island, belonging to India.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coco Islands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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