Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in British Indian Ocean Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory | |
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| Motto: | |
| Anthem: "God Save the King" | |
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| Sovereign state |  United Kingdom |
| Capital and settlement | Camp Thunder Cove on Diego Garcia 7°18′S 72°24′E / 7.300°S 72.400°ECoordinates: 7°18′S 72°24′E / 7.300°S 72.400°E |
| Official languages | English |
| Ethnic groups (2001) |
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| Government | Dependency under a constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
| Paul Candler | |
• Deputy Commissioner | Becky Richards |
• Administrator | Balraj Dhanda |
| Government of the United Kingdom | |
• Minister | Nigel Adams MP |
| Area | |
• Total | 54,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 99.89 |
• Land | 60 km2 23 sq mi |
| Population | |
• Non-permanent 2018 estimate |  c. 3,000 military personnel and contractors |
• Permanent | 0 |
• Density | 50.0/km2 (129.5/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+06 |
| Mains electricity | 230 V–50 Hz |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +246 |
| UK postcode | BBND 1ZZ |
| ISO 3166 code | IO |
| Internet TLD | .io |
| Website | biot.gov.io |
British Indian Ocean Territory
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a disputed 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 sq mi). The largest and most southerly island is Diego Garcia, 27 km2 (10 sq mi), the site of a Joint Military Facility of the United Kingdom and the United States.