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British Indian Ocean Territory
British Overseas Territory
Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory
Flag
Official seal of British Indian Ocean Territory
Coat of arms
Motto: 
"Limuria is in our trust"
Anthem: "God Save the King"
Location of British Indian Ocean Territory
Sovereign stateBritish Indian Ocean Territory United Kingdom
Capital
and settlement
Administered from London
Local government from Camp Thunder Cove
7°18′S 72°24′E / 7.300°S 72.400°E / -7.300; 72.400
Official languagesEnglish
Ethnic groups
(2001)
  • 95.88% British / American
  • 4.12% others[citation needed]
GovernmentDirectly administered dependency under a constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Charles III
• Commissioner
Paul Candler
• Deputy Commissioner
Becky Richards
• Administrator
Balraj Dhanda
Government of the United Kingdom
• Minister
David Rutley
Area
• Total
54,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi)
• Water (%)
99.89
• Land
60 km2 (23 sq mi)
Population
• Non-permanent 2018 estimate
Increase c. 3,000 military personnel and contractors
• Permanent
0
• Density
50.0/km2 (129.5/sq mi)
Currency
  • United States Dollar (USD; de facto)[1][2]
  • Pound sterling (GBP; de jure)[3][4]
Time zoneUTC+06:00
Mains electricity230 Volt, 50 Hertz
Driving sideright
Calling code+246
UK postcode
BBND 1ZZ
ISO 3166 codeIO
Internet TLD.io
WebsiteBIOT.gov.io
Disputed with Mauritius

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) 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 (23 square miles).[2] The largest and most southerly island is Diego Garcia, 27 square kilometres (10 square miles), the site of a Joint Military Facility of the United Kingdom and the United States.[5] Official administration is remote from London,[6][7] though the local capital is often regarded as being on Diego Garcia.[8]

The only inhabitants are British and United States military personnel, and associated contractors, who collectively number around 3,000 (2018 figures).[2] The forced removal of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago occurred between 1968 and 1973. The Chagossians, then numbering about 2,000 people, were expelled by the UK government to Mauritius and Seychelles, even from the outlying islands far away from the military base on Diego Garcia. Today, the exiled Chagossians are still trying to return, but the UK government has repeatedly denied them the right of return despite calls from numerous human rights organizations to let them return.[9][10] The islands are off-limits to Chagossians, tourists, and the media.

Since the 1980s, the Government of Mauritius has sought to regain control over the Chagos Archipelago, which was separated from the then Crown Colony of Mauritius by the UK in 1965 to form the British Indian Ocean Territory. A February 2019 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice called for the islands to be given to Mauritius. Since this, the United Nations General Assembly and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea have reached similar decisions. On 3 November 2022, it was announced that the UK and Mauritius had decided to begin negotiations on sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory, taking into account the international legal proceedings.[11]

  1. ^ "FCO country profile - British Indian Ocean Territory". Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "British Indian Ocean Territory". World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ^ "British Indian Ocean Territory Currency". GreenwichMeantime.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Launch of first commemorative British Indian Ocean Territory coin". coinnews.net. Pobjoy Mint Ltd. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  5. ^ Chirayu Thakkar (12 July 2021). "Overcoming the Diego Garcia stalemate". WarOnTheRocks.com.
  6. ^ "British Indian Ocean Territory - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  7. ^ "British Indian Ocean Territory". Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  8. ^ "British Indian Ocean Territory Definition & Meaning". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Mauritius profile". BBC News. 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  10. ^ "Historical background – what happened to the Chagos Archipelago?". chagosinternational.org. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardian-20221103 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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