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      general assessment: separate facilities for military and public needs are available domestic: all commercial telephone services are available, including connection to the Internet international: country code (Diego Garcia) - 246; international telephone service is carried by satellite (2000)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

      NA

      Television broadcast stations:

      1 (1997)

      Televisions:

      NA

      Internet country code:

      .io

      Internet hosts:

      89 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      1 (2000)

      Transportation

       British Indian Ocean Territory

      Airports:

      1 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2007)

      Roadways:

      note: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia

      Ports and terminals:

      Diego Garcia

      Military

       British Indian Ocean Territory

      Military - note:

      defense is the responsibility of the UK; the US lease on Diego Garcia expires in 2016

      Transnational Issues

       British Indian Ocean Territory

      Disputes - international:

      Mauritius claims the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia; in 2001, the former inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago, evicted in 1967 and 1973 and now residing chiefly in Mauritius, were granted UK citizenship and the right to repatriation; in May 2007, the UK Court of Appeals upheld the May 2006 High Court of London judgment reversing the UK government's 2004 Orders of Council that banned habitation on the islands; a small group of Chagossians visited Diego Garcia in April 2006; repatriation is complicated by the exclusive US military lease of Diego Garcia that restricts access to the largest viable island in the chain

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      @British Virgin Islands

      Introduction

       British Virgin Islands

      Background:

      First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin

       Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the

       English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the

       Leeward Islands from 1872–1960; they were granted autonomy in 1967.

       The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US

       Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.

      Geography

       British Virgin Islands

      Location:

      Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico

      Geographic coordinates:

      18 30 N, 64 30 W

      Map references:

      Central America and the Caribbean

      Area:

      total: 153 sq km land: 153 sq km water: 0 sq km note: comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the islands of Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke

      Area - comparative:

      about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

      0 km

      Coastline:

      80 km

      Maritime claims:

      territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

      Climate:

      subtropical; humid; temperatures moderated by trade winds

      Terrain:

      coral islands relatively flat; volcanic islands steep, hilly

      Elevation extremes:

      lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Sage 521 m

      Natural resources:

      NEGL

      Land use:

      arable land: 20% permanent crops: 6.67% other: 73.33% (2005)

      Irrigated land:

      NA

      Natural hazards:

      hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October)

      Environment - current issues:

      limited natural fresh water resources (except for a few seasonal streams and springs on Tortola, most of the islands' water supply comes from wells and rainwater catchments)

      Geography - note:

      strong ties to nearby US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

      People

       British Virgin Islands

      Population:

      24,041 (July 2008 est.)

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