British Indian Ocean Territory

British overseas territory in the Indian Ocean
AdministrativeArea british_overseas_territory Q43448
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British Indian Ocean Territory

Summary

British Indian Ocean Territory is a British overseas territory[1]. It draws 10,411 Wikipedia views per month (british_overseas_territory category, ranking #12 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Indian Ocean Territory is located in British overseas territory[3].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory is on the continent of Africa[5].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's instance of is recorded as British overseas territory[6].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's capital is recorded as Diego Garcia[7].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's official language is recorded as English[8].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's currency is recorded as United States dollar[9].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's currency is recorded as pound sterling[10].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .io[11].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's anthem is recorded as God Save the King[12].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's flag is recorded as flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory[13].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's coat of arms is recorded as Coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory[14].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's Commons category is recorded as British Indian Ocean Territory[15].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+06:00[16].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's telephone country code is recorded as +246[17].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's Unicode character is recorded as 🇩🇬[18].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': -6, 'longitude': 71.5}[19].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's topic's main category is recorded as Category:British Indian Ocean Territory[20].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's Commons gallery is recorded as British Indian Ocean Territory[21].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory has a population of {'amount': '+4000'}[22].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory has a population of {'amount': '+3000'}[23].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's official name is recorded as British Indian Ocean Territory[24].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's official name is recorded as Britské indickooceánske územie[25].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's motto text is recorded as In tutela nostra Limuria[26].
  • British Indian Ocean Territory's demonym is recorded as British[27].

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Geography

British Indian Ocean Territory is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in British overseas territory[3]. It is on the continent of Africa[5].

Physical Characteristics

British Indian Ocean Territory covers an area of {'amount': '+60'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4000'}[22] and {'amount': '+3000'}[23].

Designation and Status

British Indian Ocean Territory's instance of is recorded as British overseas territory[6].

Why It Matters

British Indian Ocean Territory draws 10,411 Wikipedia views per month (british_overseas_territory category, ranking #12 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Thomas Kerboul (BGE) · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id → 029092175
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|3 */ [[Property:P269]]: 029092175"
  2. 4w ago · GregMcCollum · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 12079005s
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P268]]: 12079005s, add P268 claim: 12079005s"
  3. 11w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Biot-map.png
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Biot-map.png, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261337|batch #261337]]"
  4. 15w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by → —
    Icannwiki page id → British_Indian_Ocean_Territory
    Wikidata description → British overseas territory in the Indian Ocean
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12521]]: British_Indian_Ocean_Territory, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294322771|British Indian Ocean Territory (#294322771)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-"
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