In the Line Islands in the Pacific coral island. Latitude 1 ° 59 ', longitude 157 ° 30'. Pacific's largest atoll. The total area of 600 square kilometers, land area 363 km2. Population 1,290 (1978). 1888 became a British colony. Was used as the UK, the U.S. nuclear weapons test sites. After 1970, the development of coconut cultivation. Hawaii to Tarawa airline stopped midway down station. South central Pacific island nation called the Republic of Kiribati have. It consists of three islands, namely the western Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands, central and eastern Line Islands. Line Islands Christmas Island is one of the northern islands. From the map, Christmas Island is the smallest island on earth, one can in fact it is the world's largest lagoon island with an area of 640 square kilometers.
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Two Australian Christmas
Indian Ocean islands. Australia's overseas territories. Area 135 square kilometers, population 1402 people (July 2007) more than half are Chinese, more than for the Malays, Europeans and so on. Australia's overseas territories. Located south of Java Island 360 km south latitude 10 ° 30 ', longitude 105 ° 40'. Area 135 square kilometers, population 1960 people (2008). Christmas Island is the world's minority ethnic Chinese one of the areas, which accounted for 63% of Chinese, Malay 25%, European 12%, the official language is English, Chinese Cantonese passage between. Rocky steep, Flying Fish Cove only parking available for ocean-going vessel. Woodlands. 1888 by the British occupation. Incorporated in Singapore in 1900. 1958 return to Australia. Rich apatite ore from Australia and New Zealand joint exploitation. Located 360 km south of Java Island (224 miles) northwest of Australia, 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) office, as an Australian overseas territory of governance. Area 135 square kilometers (52 square miles), is the top of undersea mountains. Island peak is the Morel Hill (Murray Hill), elevation of 361 meters (1,184 feet), located in the western island. Northeast Flying Fish Cove (Flying Fish Cove) is the main residential areas and major ports. 1615 "Thomas No." Captain Roy (Richard Rowe) first discovered the island, in 1643 the British East India Company captain Christmas Mainuo Si (William Mynors) life to its name. 1887 British Royal Navy warships, "Egger Maria No." (Egeria) personnel on the island collecting soil and rock samples, the British naturalist Morel (John Murray) specimens and found them almost pure lime phosphate. The island for the British annexation in 1888, Cocos Islands (Cocos Islands) in Cluj Nice - Ross (George Clunies-Ross) Flying Fish Cove took the lead in _set_ting base. 1891 Cluj Nice - Ross and Morel made in the phosphate mines and logging, mining island 99-year leasehold, six years after the transfer of rights to the Christmas Island Phosphate Mining Company Limited, majority owned by the former equity the lessee. In 1900 the island into the capital in the British Straits _Set_tlements of Singapore. During World War II, the Japanese occupied the island. 1948, New Zealand and the Australian Government to get the Christmas Island phosphate mining company shares and property. Established in 1949 on behalf of their Government to implement the mining and shipping matters, Christmas Island phosphate mines Committee. 1958 map of the island into Australia. A series of ups and downs of changing slopes and terraces from the central highlands down through the times, the slope is the end of the coast, most of the steep cliff, height of more than 20 meters (65 feet). Along the coast there are sandy beaches and coral reefs. The island has valuable phosphate deposits. 12 April for the tropical rainy season, average temperature 27 ℃ (81 ℉), seasonal variation is small. The annual average rainfall is 2,670 mm (113 inches). Christmas Island, most of the tropical rainforest, a large number of animals, including birds, small reptiles, land crabs and insects. Island residents with fresh water from springs and wells. Most of the western end of the island turned into a national park. Residents only 1 / 3 were female; 63% of the total population are Chinese, 25% raised mainly from Malaysia, Singapore and the Cocos Islands Malay workers, but also the Australian management. Traditionally, most of the islanders Christmas Island phosphate mining Co. employees, the company for the Australian Government. The island economy is almost entirely of phosphate ore mining, mineral transported to Australia and New Zealand, but this has changed in the early 1990s. Profitable almost depleted phosphate mines, and other economic activities such as tourism have yet to be developed. Small-scale food crop farming and fishing, but most rely on food input. Australia Christmas Island Governor to appoint a magistrate, under a charge of secretary, education, postal, police, communications and port tax staff. The Council is a local election of political representatives Islanders. Almost all the island residents are Australian citizens or "Christmas Island Act" and "citizenship law" clause stated residents. The island's small hospital offers medical and dental treatment. Primary and secondary school curriculum-based education to Australia. The island has an airport, a charter plane from a week; the highway and a railroad used to transport phosphate from the southern highlands to the Flying Fish Cove Harbour.
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Geography
Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean northeast of the volcanic island. About 500 km south of Jakarta, Indonesia, southeast from the northwest corner of the West Bank in Australia about 1565 km. Coastline of 80 km along the coast mostly 悬崖峭壁, only about 13 shallow, the biggest one called Flying Fish Cove (Flying Fish Cove), is the population of the island Weiyi port and the main _set_tlements. A tropical maritime climate, average temperature 2l ℃ ~ 32 ℃, Humidity 80 ~ 90%. Mild climate, but the wet season (November - April) when there are storms, larger waves appear around the island. Average annual rainfall is 2000 mm.
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History
December 24, 1643 British 威廉迈纳斯 (Mynors) captain discovered the island on Christmas Eve, Christmas Island and named in 1888 formally incorporated into the UK in 1919, into the territory of Kiribati. 1942 1945 was occupied by Japanese troops. 1946 became British possessions in Singapore, the UK has repeatedly aerial nuclear test at Christmas Island. In 1957, at the request of Australia, Singapore, to 290 million pounds transfer of this island, October 1, 1958, according to "1958 Christmas Island Act," the official transfer of Christmas Island in Australia managed to become Australia's overseas territories. Christmas Island autonomous body established in 1984. 2004 Lieyu Phoenix Islands Development-cum-fire, with heavy losses.
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Economic
Phosphate mining is the economic backbone of Indonesia's southwest. In addition, tourism, transport is also becoming an increasingly important industry, the island is about 70% of the area of national parks, unique flora and fauna, can see only the visible world of Christmas Island red crab Great Migration. Good diving, fishing facilities are also attracting many tourists come to visit. 2000, 90 hotels around the island. Flying Fish Cove International Airport opened in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Yiwu, Chengdu, Taipei, Washington, Seattle, Fort de France and other class lines.
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Island name origins
In 1777, the British navigator James Cook in the Pacific Ocean 2080 km south of Hawaii on board a sea island, because it was a time when Christmas Eve, so named for the Christmas Island.
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Landscape Description
Christmas Island on the beautiful scenery, surrounded by coral reefs surrounded by numerous islands of the outer reef, waves sky; the inside of the small waves gentle, silver-white sandy beaches are all formed from coral fragments, shiny in the sun. Low tide, coral reefs have spire above the surface, Joan heap jade puzzle, crystal clear, silver-white beaches along the extension of the formation of a wide band of coral around the island a few hundred meters. Island of lush forests, verdant, covered with tall betel nut, leaves as big as a umbrella tropical potato and banana, pineapple, bread and other tropical tree species. In recent years the island has grown a large coconut, said to have more than 50 million trees. Christmas Island is a paradise for anglers, where the unique conditions of any of them can show their talents. They always arrive in high spirits, full of goodies. For the development of tourism, the island built a hotel, hotel to Christmas Island, named after the discoverer, called the James Cook hotel. Christmas Island is not to drink does not taste endemic - Amoy Di. Amoy Di is a fermented coconut milk, sweet aura of its alcohol, drinking both thirst and refreshing, but will drink intoxicating.