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 5/ As an external territory of Australia π¦πΊ, the island is not self-governing, a governor is appointed Today the administrative division "The Shire of Christmas Island" makes up part of Australia's Indian Ocean Territories (together with Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands π¨π¨) and the laws of Western Australia apply. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Indian_Ocean_Territories 4 comments
7/ π¨π½ Christmas Island's flag, like π¦πΊ Australia's, features the Southern Cross, as do the flags of Brazil π§π·, New Zealand π³πΏ, Papua New Guinea π΅π¬, and Samoa πΌπΈ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Christmas_Island The flag also features a map of the island. Two countries have maps on their flags: Cyprus π¨πΎ and Kosovo π½π° #MapsintheWild 8/ Christmas Island π¨π½ also offers us a great example of the challenge of geocoding: there is another Australian π¦πΊ Christmas Island, a small island north of Tasmania (-39.68, 143.82001) |
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6/ The "capital" (largest village) of Christmas Island π¨π½ is the delightfully named Flying Fish Cove, named after the HMS Flying Fish, a British π¬π§ surveying vessel which first mapped the island in detail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Flying_Fish_(1873)
The "city" has a population of about 1,600.
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