British Indian Ocean Territory Food

The British Indian Ocean Territory is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres. The largest a…
The British Indian Ocean Territory is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres. The largest and most southerly island is Diego Garcia, 27 square kilometres, the site of a Joint Military Facility of the United Kingdom and the United States. Official administration is remote from London, though the local capital is often regarded as being on Diego Garcia.
  • Sovereign state: United Kingdom
  • Capital and settlement: Administered from London · Local government from Camp Thunder Cove
  • Official languages: English
  • Ethnic groups (2001): 95.88% British / American · 4.12% others
  • Government: Directly administered dependency under a constitutional monarchy
  • Currency: United States Dollar (USD; de facto) · Pound sterling (GBP; de jure)
  • Time zone: UTC+06:00
Data from: en.wikipedia.org