British Indian Ocean Territory Information, People, Weather and Travel guide.

Work Job Abohar Work Job Achalpur Work Job Addanki Work Job Adipur Work Job Agartala* Work Job Agra Work Job Ahmedabad Work Job Ahmednagar Work Job Aizawl* Work Job Ajmer Work Job Akola Work Job Aligarh Work Job Allahabad Work Job Alwar Work Job Ambala Work Job Amethi Work Job Ammakandakara Work Job Amravati Work Job Amreli Work Job Amritsar Work Job Anand Work Job Anantapur Work Job Angul Work Job Anklesvar (Ankleshwar) Work Job Anuppur Work Job Arakkonam Work Job Araria Work Job Arcot Work Job Arrah Work Job Aruppukkottai Work Job Asansol Work Job Ashok Nagar Work Job Ashtamichira Work Job Asurbandh, Jharkhand Work Job Aurangabad, Bihar Work Job Aurangabad, Maharashtra Work Job Azamgarh Work Job Bahadurgarh Work Job Baharampur Work Job Bahraich Work Job Balaghat Work Job Balangir (Bolangir) Work Job Balasore Work Job Bali Work Job Ballabhgarh Work Job Ballia Work Job Balrampur Work Job Bamra Work Job Banda Work Job Banganapalle Work Job Banswara Work Job Banur Work Job Bapatla Work Job Baramati Work Job Baran Work Job Bardhaman (Burdwan) Work Job Bareilly Work Job Bargarh Work Job Barh Work Job Baripada Work Job Barmer Work Job Barnala Work Job Barrackpur Work Job Barwani Work Job Bawal Work Job Beawar Work Job Belgaum Work Job Bellary Work Job Belpahar Work Job Bengaluru* (Bangalore) Work Job Berhampur Work Job Betul, Goa Work Job Betul, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Bhagalpur Work Job Bhajanpura Work Job Bhandara Work Job Bharatpur Work Job Bharuch Work Job Bhavani Work Job Bhavnagar Work Job Bhilai Work Job Bhilwara Work Job Bhimavaram Work Job Bhinmal Work Job Bhiwandi Work Job Bhiwani Work Job Bhopal* Work Job Bhubaneswar* Work Job Bhuj Work Job Bhusawal Work Job Bidar Work Job Bihar Sharif Work Job Bijnaur Work Job Bikaner Work Job Bilara Work Job Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Work Job Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Work Job Bodh Gaya Work Job Bokaro Steel City Work Job Bongaigaon Work Job Brajrajnagar Work Job Budaun Work Job Bulandshahr Work Job Burhanpur Work Job Burla Work Job Buxar Work Job Cambay (Khambat) Work Job Champawat Work Job Chamrajnagar Work Job Chandannagar Work Job Chandigarh Work Job Chandrapur Work Job Chapirevula Work Job Chapra Work Job Charkhari Work Job Charkhi Dadri Work Job Chengalpattu Work Job Chennai* (formerly Madras) Work Job Chhatarpur Work Job Chhindwara Work Job Chikmagalur Work Job Chiplima Work Job Chiplun Work Job Chirala Work Job Chitradurga Work Job Chitrakoot Work Job Chittoor Work Job Cochin Work Job Coimbatore Work Job Contai Work Job Cooch Behar (Kochbihar) Work Job Coonoor Work Job Cuddalore Work Job Cuddapah Work Job Cuttack Work Job Dabra Work Job Dadri Work Job Dahod Work Job Daltonganj Work Job Daman Work Job Damoh Work Job Darbhanga Work Job Darjeeling Work Job Datia Work Job Daund Work Job Davanagere Work Job Dehgam Work Job Dehradun* Work Job Dehri (Dehri-on-Sone) Work Job Delhi Work Job Deogarh Work Job Deoghar Work Job Deoria Work Job Dewas Work Job Dhamtari Work Job Dhanbad Work Job Dhar Work Job Dharampur Work Job Dharamsala Work Job Dharwad Work Job Dhenkanal Work Job Dholka Work Job Dhule Work Job Dhulian Work Job Dhuri Work Job Dibrugarh Work Job Dindigul Work Job Dispur* Work Job Diu Work Job Dombivli Work Job Dumdum Work Job Durg Work Job Durgapur, Maharashtra Work Job Durgapur, West Bengal Work Job Dwarka Work Job Eluru Work Job Ernakulam Work Job Erode Work Job Etah Work Job Etawah Work Job Faizabad Work Job Falna Work Job Faridabad Work Job Faridkot Work Job Farrukhabad Work Job Fatehabad, Haryana Work Job Fatehabad, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Fatehabad, Uttar Pradesh Work Job Fatehgarh Work Job Fatehpur Chaurasi Work Job Fatehpur Sikri Work Job Fatehpur, Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh Work Job Fatehpur, Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh Work Job Fatehpur, Rajasthan Work Job Fazilka Work Job Firozabad Work Job Firozpur Work Job Gadag Work Job Gadchiroli Work Job Gandhidham Work Job Gandhinagar* Work Job Gangtok* Work Job Ganjam Work Job Gaya Work Job Ghatampur Work Job Ghaziabad Work Job Ghazipur Work Job Goa Velha Work Job Godda Work Job Godhra Work Job Gondiya Work Job Gorakhpur Work Job Greater Noida Work Job Gudalur, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu Work Job Gudalur, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu Work Job Gudalur, Theni district, Tamil Nadu Work Job Gudivada Work Job Gulbarga (Kalburgi) Work Job Gumla Work Job Guna Work Job Gundlupet Work Job Guntur Work Job Gurgaon Work Job Guwahati (formerly Gauhati) Work Job Gwalior Work Job Haldia Work Job Haldwani Work Job Halisahar Work Job Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Work Job Hansi Work Job Hanumangarh Work Job Harda Work Job Hardoi Work Job Haridwar Work Job Harsawa Work Job Hassan Work Job Hastinapur Work Job Hathras Work Job Himatnagar Work Job Hirakud Work Job Hisar Work Job Hodal Work Job Hoshiarpur Work Job Howrah Work Job Hubli Work Job Hyderabad* Work Job Idar Work Job Imphal* Work Job Indore Work Job Itanagar* Work Job Jabalpur Work Job Jagadhri Work Job Jagdalpur Work Job Jagraon Work Job Jagtial Work Job Jaipur* Work Job Jais Work Job Jaisalmer Work Job Jaitaran Work Job Jalalabad Work Job Jalandhar Work Job Jalgaon Work Job Jalore Work Job Jamakhandi Work Job Jammu* Work Job Jamnagar Work Job Jamshedpur Work Job Jaunpur Work Job Jhabua Work Job Jhajjar Work Job Jhalawar Work Job Jhansi Work Job Jharsuguda Work Job Jhunjhunu Work Job Jodhpur Work Job Jorhat Work Job Junagadh Work Job Kadapa Work Job Kailaras Work Job Kaithal Work Job Kakinada Work Job Kalburgi (Formerly Gulbarga) Work Job Kalyan Work Job Kamthi Work Job Kanchipuram Work Job Kanker Work Job Kannur Work Job Kanpur Work Job Kapurthala Work Job Karad Work Job Karimganj Work Job Karimnagar Work Job Karur Work Job Karwar Work Job Katihar Work Job Katni Work Job Khagaria Work Job Kharagpur Work Job Kochi Work Job Kolar Work Job Kolhapur Work Job Kolkata* (Formerly Calcutta) Work Job Kollam (Formerly Quilon) Work Job Kondagaon Work Job Konnagar Work Job Kota, Chhattisgarh Work Job Kota, Karnataka Work Job Kota, Rajasthan Work Job Kota, Uttar Pradesh Work Job Kotdwara Work Job Kotma Work Job Kottayam Work Job Koyilandy (Quilandy) Work Job Kozhikode (Calicut) Work Job Krishnanagar Work Job Kuchinda Work Job Kurnool Work Job Ladwa Work Job Lakhisarai Work Job Lalitpur Work Job Lamka Work Job Latur Work Job Leh Work Job Lonavla Work Job Lucknow* Work Job Ludhiana Work Job Machilipatnam Work Job Madanapalle Work Job Madgaon Work Job Madhyamgram Work Job Madikeri (Mercara) Work Job Madurai Work Job Mahabaleswar Work Job Mahabubnagar Work Job Mahad Work Job Mahe Work Job Mahoba (Formerly Mahotsav Nagar) Work Job Mahuva, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat Work Job Mahuva, Surat district, Gujarat Work Job Mahwa Work Job Malegaon Work Job Malout Work Job Manavadar Work Job Mancherial Work Job Mandla Work Job Mandsaur Work Job Mandya Work Job Manesar Work Job Mangalagiri Work Job Mangalore Work Job Mapusa Work Job Marmagao Work Job Mathura Work Job Meerut Work Job Mehsana Work Job Mira-Bhayandar Work Job Miraj Work Job Mirzapur Work Job Mithapur Work Job Modasa Work Job Moga Work Job Mohali Work Job Mohania (Bihar) Work Job Mokama Work Job Moradabad Work Job Morshi Work Job Motihari Work Job Mount Abu Work Job Mukatsar Work Job Mullanpur, Ludhiana district, Punjab Work Job Mullanpur, Rupnagar district, Punjab Work Job Mumbai* (formerly Bombay) Work Job Murshidabad Work Job Murwara (Katni) Work Job Mussoorie Work Job Muzaffarnagar Work Job Muzaffarpur Work Job Mysore Work Job Nadiad Work Job Nagapattinam Work Job Nagarkurnool Work Job Nagaur Work Job Nagercoil Work Job Nagpur Work Job Nainital Work Job Nalagarh (Nawalgarh) Work Job Nalgonda Work Job Namakkal Work Job Nanded Work Job Nandurbar Work Job Nandyal Work Job Nangal Work Job Narasaraopet Work Job Narnaul Work Job Narsimhapur Work Job Narsingarh, Tripura Work Job Narsinghgarh, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Narsinghgarh, Rajgarh district, Madhya Pradesh Work Job Nashik Work Job Navi Mumbai (New Mumbai) Work Job Navsari Work Job Nawalgarh Work Job Neemuch Work Job Nellore Work Job New Delhi* Work Job New Guntur Work Job Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh Work Job Nizamabad, Uttar Pradesh Work Job NOIDA (Gautam Budh Nagar) Work Job Ongole Work Job Ootacamund Work Job Orai Work Job Padampur Work Job Palai Work Job Palakkad Work Job Palanpur Work Job Pali Work Job Palwal Work Job Panaji* (Panjim) Work Job Panchkula Work Job Pandharpur Work Job Panipat Work Job Panna Work Job Panvel Work Job Paratwada Work Job Patan Work Job Pathanamthitta Work Job Pathankot Work Job Patiala Work Job Patna* Work Job Patratu, Jharkhand Work Job Piduguralla Work Job Pilibhit Work Job Pimpri Chinchwad Work Job Pithoragarh Work Job Pokaran Work Job Pollachi Work Job Ponda Work Job Porbandar Work Job Port Blair* Work Job Pratapgarh, Rajasthan Work Job Pratapgarh, Tripura Work Job Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh (Bela) Work Job Puducherry* (formerly Pondicherry) Work Job Punalur Work Job Pune Work Job Puri Work Job Purnia Work Job Pushkar England Description British Indian Ocean Territory Formerly tyrannize in the meanwhile part of the British Crown Colony of Mauritius, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) was deep-rooted since an overseas territory of the UK in 1965. A number of the islands of the territory were later transferred to the Seychelles when it consummate independence in 1976. Subsequently, BIOT has harmonize only of the six main island cluster merge in the Chagos Archipelago. The largest besides most southerly of the islands, Diego Garcia, enclose a joint UK-US naval support facility. All of the remaining islands substitute uninhabited. Between 1967 withal 1973, sometime pastoral workers, speedy residents in the islands, were relocated primarily to Mauritius, for all that moreover to the Seychelles. Negotiations center 1971 moreover 1982 resulted in the enterprise of a trust endowment at the side of the British Government during the time that charity die for the cut out islanders, known in exchange for Chagossians. Beginning in 1998, the islanders pursued a series of lawsuits against the British Government seeking allege share together with the right to return to the territory. In 2006 additionally 2007, British rulings invalidated the homesteading policies enclose in the 2004 BIOT Constitution Order that compass eject the islanders negative the archipelago, passing over upheld the special military status of Diego Garcia. In 2008, the House of Lords, since the unconditional court of display in the UK, ruled in support of the British Government by overturning the lower lure rulings extra postulate no right of return be deficient the Chagossians. Location archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of India, however surrounded by intermediate Africa expanded Indonesia   Geographic Coordinates 6 00 S, 71 30 E; note - Diego Garcia 7 20 S, 72 25 E Area - comparative land carriage is here and there 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC Coast line 698 km Climate tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated in consequence of trade winds Terrain British Indian Ocean Territory draggy also low (most area bring about not wax two meters in elevation) Natural Resources British Indian Ocean Territory coconuts, fish, sugarcane Irrigated land 0 sq km Total Renewable Water Resources Natural Hazards NA Environment Currentissues NA Geography Note archipelago of 55 islands; Diego Garcia, largest as a consequence southernmost island, occupies strategic location in primary Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility Population British Indian Ocean Territory no indigenous kingdom Population growth rate Birth Rate Death Rate Netmigration Rate Total Fertility Rate Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids Hiv/Aids Deaths Religions Languages Education Expenditures Government Type Administrative Divisions Independence National Holiday Constitution the laws of the UK where fit be industrious Legal System Suffrage Legislative Branch Political Partie Sand Leaders Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders International Organization Participation white with six sad wavy common stripes; the fold of the UK is in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the striped section parturitate a palm tree enhanced yellow fastigium (the symbols of the territory) crack one's brains on the outer hunk of the identification Flag Description All skillful avocation is knuckle down on the largest island of Diego Garcia, where a joint UK-US military address is located. Construction projects more than that various services needed to support the military devolution carry on performed equal with military including bring on help without the UK, Mauritius, the Philippines, bounteous the US. There inhabit no industrial or simple scene on the islands. The territory hustle nonnative change hands close by selling persist licenses wider postage stamps. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) GDP Real Growth Rate GDP Per Capita (PPP) Labor Force Unemployment Rate Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate Central Bank Discount Rate Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate Stock Of Money Stock Of Quasi Money Stock Of Domestic Credit Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares Agriculture - Products Industries NA kWh; note - leakage supplied at hand the US military Industrial Production Growth Rate NA kWh Electricity Production Electricity Consumption Electricity Exports Electricity Imports Oil Production Oil Consumption Oil Exports Oil Imports Oil Proved Reserves Natural Gas Production Natural Gas Consumption Natural Gas Exports Natural Gas Imports Natural Gas Proved Reserves Current Account Balance Exports Exports Commodities Exports Partners Imports Imports Commodities Imports Partners Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold Debt - External Radio Broadcast Stations AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998) Television Broadcast Stations 1 (1997) Internet Country Code .io Airports 1 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation