Christmas Island

CapitalFlying Fish Cove

CurrencyAUD · Australian dollar

LanguageEnglish

Since1958

ISOCXR · CX

Population

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— THE COUNTRY —

External territory of Australia

Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name. It is about 350 kilometres south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km (840 nmi) north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland. It has an area of 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi). Christmas Island's geographic isolation and history of minimal human disturbance has led to a high level of endemism among its flora and fauna, which is of interest to scientists and naturalists. The territory derives its name from its discovery on Christmas Day 1643 by Captain William Mynors.

Text: Wikipedia — Christmas IslandCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-29

— FACTS —

Capital: Flying Fish Cove
Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)
Official language: English
Drives on the: Left
Top-level domain: .cx
Independence / founding: 01 Oct 1958
Highest point: Murray Hill, Christmas Island (361 m)
Anthem: Advance Australia Fair

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-02

The World Bank does not publish figures for Christmas Island, so this note carries no economic or social statistics.

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— EXTRAS —

Anthem

Advance Australia FairAudio: Wikimedia Commons

Capital time

--:--:--Flying Fish Cove · approx. UTC+7

Neighbours

Christmas Island has no land borders

Landmarks

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People

Norah KohPresident of the Christmas Island Womens Association

History

01 Oct 1958Christmas Island — founding / independence (Wikidata)

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1960 → now

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