Cocos Islands
(Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
Capital: West Island
Population (Estimated July 2012): 596
Area: 14 km2 or 5 mi2
Currency: Australian Dollar (AUD)
Official Language: English
Political Information: Territory of Australia
Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 80% of the population are Muslim and 20% have other religious beliefs)
Highest Point: Unnamed area at 5m or 16ft
GDP: N/A
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +6:30
Additional: Comprises of two coral Atolls, north Keeling Island and 26 islets. The Island’s waters are home to a vast number of marine life, both in species and abundance, including several species of shark. Due to mass fishing the marine life was under threat but thanks to the implementation of a exclusion zone (12 miles) around the island life has been restored. The coral surrounding the island is mainly dead due to a recent sudden increase of temperature from the El Niño effect but this has not seemed to of effected the growth of marine populations.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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