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British Indian Ocean Territory
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a British Overseas Territory situated in the Indian Ocean. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres.
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- Capital
- Diego Garcia
- Population
- 0 inh.
- Area
- 60 km²
- Currency
- USD
- Regime
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Executive in office
Head of State
Charles III
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over foreign base on national soil
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil 2
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1
Diego Garcia (with the United States)
United Kingdom · Archipel des Chagos
2025 treaty: sovereignty transferred to Mauritius, base leased for 99 years.
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2
Diego Garcia
United States of America · Archipel des Chagos
Anglo-American base. The 2025 treaty hands the Chagos to Mauritius and keeps the base under lease.
National anthem
God Save the King
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 926 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 713, or ×0.8.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)