Christmas Island Buy data Donate Updates: I updated the population to the latest Australian census. Country overview: 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. Other names of country: 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 Origin of name: Discovered on Christmas Day Primary subdivisions: Christmas Island has no known administrative divisions. Country HASC Population Capital Christmas Island CX.CX Flying Fish Cove Territorial extent: 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. | |
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