Christmas Island
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Christmas Island
The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It has a population of 2,072 residents who live in a number of "settlement areas" on the northern tip of the island: Flying Fish Cove (also known as Kampong), Silver City, Poon Saan, and Drumsite. The majority of the population is Chinese Australian. It is called "Christmas Island" because it was discovered on Christmas Day (25 December) .The 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.63% of its 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi) is an Australian national park. There exist large areas of primary monsoonal forest.
Phosphate, deposited originally as guano, has been mined on the island for many years.
Captain William Mynors of the Royal Mary, an English East India Company vessel, named the island when he sailed past it on Christmas Day, in 1643.The island was included on English and Dutch navigation charts as early as the beginning of the 17th century, but it was not until 1666 that a map published by Dutch cartographer Pieter Goos included the island. Goos labelled the island "Mony", the meaning of which is unclear.English navigator William Dampier, aboard the English ship Cygnet, made the earliest recorded visit to sea round the island in March 1688. He found it uninhabited. Dampier gave an account of the visit which can be found in his Voyages. Dampier was trying to reach Cocos from New Holland. His ship was pulled off course in an easterly direction, arriving at Christmas Island twenty-eight days later. Dampier landed at the Dales (on the west coast). Two of his crewmen were the first Europeans to set foot on Christmas Island.
Daniel Beeckman made the next recorded visit, chronicled in his 1718 book, A Voyage to and from the Island of Borneo, in the East-Indies.
source : en.wikipedia.org
Wilayah Pulau Natal adalah wilayah Australia di Samudera Hindia. Ini memiliki populasi 2.072 warga yang tinggal di sejumlah "pemukiman daerah" di ujung utara pulau: Flying Fish Cove (juga dikenal sebagai Kampung), Silver City, Poon Saan, dan Drumsite. Mayoritas penduduk Tionghoa Australia. Hal ini disebut "Christmas Island" karena ditemukan pada Hari Natal (25 Desember).
圣诞岛领地是澳大利亚在印度洋领土。它有2072人生活在一些“定居区”上岛的北端，人口：飞鱼湾（又称磅），银城，半山和Drumsite。大多数澳大利亚的中国人口。它被称为“圣诞岛”，因为它被发现在圣诞节（12月25日）。
क्रिसमस द्वीप के राज्यक्षेत्र हिंद महासागर में ऑस्ट्रेलिया के एक क्षेत्र है। (यह भी कम्पोंग के रूप में जाना जाता है) मछली कोव, सिल्वर सिटी, पून Saan, और Drumsite फ्लाइंग: यह द्वीप के उत्तरी सिरे पर "समझौता" क्षेत्रों की संख्या में रहने वाले 2072 लोगों की आबादी है। ऑस्ट्रेलिया के चीनी आबादी का बहुमत। यह क्रिसमस दिवस (25 दिसम्बर) पर पाया गया था क्योंकि यह "क्रिसमस द्वीप" कहा जाता है।
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