Christmas Island
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| Motto: Research and Discovery | |||||
| Anthem: Advance Australia Fair | |||||
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| Status | Australian territory | ||||
| Capital | Flying Fish Cove | ||||
| Largest city | The Settlement | ||||
| Official bhasa | English | ||||
| Commissioner | Neil Lucas | ||||
| Shire President | Gordon Thomson | ||||
| Area | 135 square kilometers | ||||
| Population | 1.493 (2006 est) | ||||
| Currency | Australian dollar AU$ | ||||
| utc_offset | +7 | ||||
| internettld | .cx | ||||
| calling_code | 61 | ||||
Territory of Christmas Island ek chhota island hai jon ki Australia ke niche hai. Ii Indian Ocean me, Perth se 2600 kms northwest aur Jakarta se 500kms south me hai.
Lag bhag 1,600 log Christmas Island me rahe hai, jaada kar ke "settlement areas", island ke north me:
- Flying Fish Cove (jiske Kampong ke naam se bhi jaana jaawe hae)
- Settlement
- Silver City
- Poon Saan
- Drumsite.
Bibliography[badlo | source ke badlo]
- CIA World Factbook 2002
- Charles. W. Andrews, A Description of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Geographical Journal, 13(1), 17-35 (1899).
- Charles W. Andrews, A Monograph of Christmas Island, London,1900.
- National Library of Australia, The Indian Ocean: a select bibliography. 1979 ISBN 0-642-99150-2
- W. J. L. Wharton, Account of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, 10 (10), 613-624 (1888).
Duusra websites[badlo | source ke badlo]
- Christmas Island Shire official website
- Christmas Island Act 1958
- Christmas Island at the Open Directory Project
- Christmas Island in the CIA World Factbook
- Christmas Island Travel Guide from Unearth Travel a creative commons travel wiki