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![[British Indian Ocean Territory]](../images/i/io.gif)
image by Sam Lockton, 1 October 2002ISO Code: IO IOT 086 (Diego Garcia has a reserved code of DG DGA)
FIPS 10-4 Code: IO
MARC Code: bi
IOC Code: Not Applicable
Status: territory of the United Kingdom
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Related pages:British dependency, with an important U.S. military base. Is formed by the
Chagos Islands (Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos, etc...) in the middle of the
Indian Ocean.
Jaume Ollé, 9 June 1996
The territory was established on 8 November 1965 by the amalgamation of the Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches islands (formerly part of the Seychelles) and the Chagos Archipelago (formerly from Mauritius. On 29 June 1976 the former Seychelles island