Chagos Archipelago

Summary

Chagos Archipelago is an archipelago^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (887 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chagos Archipelago is located in British Indian Ocean Territory^[3].
• Chagos Archipelago is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Chagos Archipelago is in the country of Mauritius^[5].
• Chagos Archipelago is on the body of water Indian Ocean^[6].
• Chagos Archipelago's image is recorded as DG Ariel Plantation.jpg^[7].
• Chagos Archipelago's continent is recorded as Africa^[8].
• Chagos Archipelago's instance of is recorded as archipelago^[9].
• Chagos Archipelago's instance of is recorded as disputed territory^[10].
• Chagos Archipelago's capital is recorded as Diego Garcia^[11].
• Chagos Archipelago's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 234145149^[12].
• Chagos Archipelago's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 317031018^[13].
• Chagos Archipelago's GND ID is recorded as 4069914-6^[14].
• Chagos Archipelago's locator map image is recorded as Biot-map.png^[15].
• Chagos Archipelago's locator map image is recorded as British Indian Ocean Territory location detail.svg^[16].
• Chagos Archipelago's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12079005s^[17].
• Chagos Archipelago's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15298643x^[18].
• Chagos Archipelago's IdRef ID is recorded as 029092175^[19].
• Chagos Archipelago's Commons category is recorded as Chagos Archipelago^[20].
• Chagos Archipelago's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 7810654^[21].
• Chagos Archipelago's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+06:00^[22].
• Chagos Archipelago's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -6.2833333333333, 'lon': 72.083333333333}^[23].
• Chagos Archipelago's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vvdw^[24].
• Chagos Archipelago's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chagos Archipelago^[25].
• Chagos Archipelago's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 2--697^[26].
• Chagos Archipelago's population is recorded as {'amount': '+3000'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include United Kingdom^[4], a sovereign state^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 1927^[30] and Mauritius^[5], a sovereign state^[31], in Mauritius^[32], founded in 1968^[33]. Chagos Archipelago is located in British Indian Ocean Territory^[3]. It is on the body of water Indian Ocean^[6]. Its continent is recorded as Africa^[8].

Physical Characteristics

Chagos Archipelago's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+63.2'}^[34]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+3000'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archipelago^[9] and disputed territory^[10].

Why It Matters

Chagos Archipelago ranks in the top 6% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (887 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]