Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory

🎨 What the flag means

Like flags of other British territories, this flag has the British Union Flag in the top corner. White and blue wavy lines stand for the Indian Ocean around the islands. A palm tree and a royal crown, symbols of the territory, sit on the right side.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

3 thousand (2018)

🏙️ Capital

Diego Garcia4.2 thousand people

🗣️ Main language

English

✨ 3 fun facts

1. The territory is made of the Chagos Archipelago: seven coral atolls with more than 1,000 islands, many of them very small.
2. Big coconut crabs live on the islands and may have inspired old Maldivian stories about giant hermit crabs.
3. Internet addresses ending in ".io" use the code given to the British Indian Ocean Territory, short for "Indian Ocean".