Reiseführer Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Landesinformation

Koordinaten: 12 30 S, 96 50 E
Bevölkerung: 574 (July 2006 est.)
Religion: Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.)
Sprachen: Malay (Cocos dialect), English
Klima: tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year
Erhöhung: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m / highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Gefahren: cyclone season is October to April
Geschichte Cocos (Keeling) Islands: There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William KEELING discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. Annexed by the UK in 1857, they were transferred to the Australian Government in 1955. The population on the two inhabited islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island.