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AFRICA > BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
AFRICA > BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
AFRICA > BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

Preferred term

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY  

Type

  • http://metadata.un.org/schema#GeographicTerm

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • B.I.O.T.

Scope note

  • Formed 1965, from Chagos Archipelago (formerly part of Mauritius) and Aldabra, Desroches and Farquhar Islands. The latter three islands were ceded to Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976. The Chagos Archipelago, which continued to be administered by Mauritius until 1976, thus remains the sole territory comprising the British Indian Ocean Territory. For texts dealing with jurisdiction, use CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO.

Identifier

  • https://lib-thesaurus.un.org/LIB/DHLUNBISThesaurus.nsf/fee3fb01c865ac5d85256cf400648b1f/31a8790b592db9bc85256aa0005fe91e
  • T0005449

In other languages

  • المستعمرات البريطانية في المحيط الهندي

    Arabic

  • 英属印度洋领土

    Chinese

  • TERRITOIRE BRITANNIQUE DE L'OCEAN INDIEN

    French

  • Британская территория в Индийском океане

    Russian

  • TERRITORIO BRITANICO DEL OCEANO INDICO

    Spanish

URI

http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1000698

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