Christmas Island Travel Guide - Unearth Travel Overview. Christmas Island is little more than a speck in the Indian Ocean. Located 2360km northwest of Perth this nonself governing territory of Australia has Jakarta, Indonesia as http://www.unearthtravel.com/guide/christmas-island
Christmas Island Christmas Island was part of the Straits Settlements (the precursor of Malaysia). In 1900, the settlement of Singapore brought it into the colony of Singapore. http://www.statoids.com/ucx.html
Extractions: Buy data Donate I updated the population to the latest Australian census. Short name CHRISTMAS ISLAND ISO code CX FIPS code KT Language English (en) Time zone Capital Flying Fish Cove Christmas Island was part of the Straits Settlements (the precursor of Malaysia). In 1900, the settlement of Singapore brought it into the colony of Singapore. On 1958-10-01, it was transferred to Australia as an external territory. Dutch: Christmaseilanden English: Territory of Christmas Island (formal) French: Īle f Christmas German: Weihnachtsinsel f Italian: Isola f Christmas Portuguese: Ilha Christmas, Ilha f do Natal m Spanish: Isla Christmas, Isla f de Christmas Discovered on Christmas Day Christmas Island has no known administrative divisions. Country HASC Population Capital Christmas Island CX.CX Flying Fish Cove Country: This division is the whole of the country, treated as a division for compatibility. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision code Population: 2006-08-08 census Christmas Island is an isolated island in the Indian Ocean. It should not be confused with Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean, which is part of Kiribati, and is now more properly called Kiritimati (the Micronesian rendering of "Christmas"). Flying Fish Cove is not officially a capital, but is the only settlement shown on most maps of Christmas Island.