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Cocos (Keeling) Islands

1994 Edition — territory

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Communications
Airports [time series]
total: 1 usable: 1 with permanent-surface runways: 1 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1
Roadways (Highways) [time series]
total: NA paved: NA unpaved: NA
Ports [time series]
none; lagoon anchorage only
Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]
250 radios (1985); linked by telephone, telex, and facsimile communications via satellite with Australia; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, no TV
Defense Forces
Note [time series]
defense is the responsibility of Australia
Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]
gardens provide vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts
Budget [time series]
revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents
Economic aid [time series]
none
Electricity [time series]
capacity: 1,000 kW production: 2 million kWh consumption per capita: 2,980 kWh (1990)
Exchange rates [time series]
Australian dollars ($A) per US$1 - 1.4364 (January 1994), 1.4704 (1993), 1.3600 (1992), 1.2836 (1991), 1.2799 (1990), 1.2618 (1989)
Exports [time series]
$NA commodities: copra partners: Australia
Debt - external (External debt) [time series]
$NA
Fiscal year [time series]
1 July - 30 June
Imports [time series]
$NA commodities: foodstuffs partners: Australia
Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]
growth rate NA%
Industries [time series]
copra products
Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]
NA%
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (National product) [time series]
GDP $NA
Real GDP per capita (National product per capita) [time series]
$NA
Real GDP growth rate (National product real growth rate) [time series]
NA%
Economic overview (Overview) [time series]
Grown throughout the islands, coconuts are the sole cash crop. Copra and fresh coconuts are the major export earners. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia.
Geography
Area [time series]
total area: 14 sq km land area: 14 sq km comparative area: about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island
Climate [time series]
pleasant, modified by the southeast trade wind for about nine months of the year; moderate rain fall
Coastline [time series]
2.6 km
Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]
current issues: NA natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA
Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]
none
Irrigated land [time series]
NA sq km
Land boundaries [time series]
0 km
Land use [time series]
arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100%
Location [time series]
Southeastern Asia, in the Indian Ocean, 1,070 km southwest of Indonesia, about halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka
Map references [time series]
Southeast Asia
Maritime claims [time series]
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 3 nm
Natural resources [time series]
fish
Note [time series]
two coral atolls thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation
Terrain [time series]
flat, low-lying coral atolls
Government
Administrative divisions [time series]
none (territory of Australia)
Capital [time series]
West Island
Constitution [time series]
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955
Digraph [time series]
CK
Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation in US) [time series]
none (territory of Australia)
Executive branch [time series]
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Administrator B. CUNNINGHAM (since NA) cabinet: Islands Council; Chairman of the Islands Council Haji WAHIN bin Bynie (since NA)
Flag [time series]
the flag of Australia is used
Independence [time series]
none (territory of Australia)
Judicial branch [time series]
Supreme Court
Legal system [time series]
based upon the laws of Australia and local laws
Legislative branch [time series]
unicameral Islands Council
International organization participation (Member of) [time series]
none
Country name (Names) [time series]
conventional long form: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands conventional short form: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
National holiday [time series]
NA
Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]
NA
Suffrage [time series]
NA
Government type (Type) [time series]
territory of Australia
Diplomatic representation from the US (US diplomatic representation) [time series]
none (territory of Australia)
People
Home Island [time series]
Cocos Malays
Labor force [time series]
NA
Languages [time series]
English
Literacy [time series]
total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
Nationality [time series]
noun: Cocos Islander(s) adjective: Cocos Islander
Population [time series]
598 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
0.98% (1994 est.)
Religions [time series]
Sunni Muslims
West Island [time series]
Europeans