Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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British Indian Ocean Territory
Global Sourcebook | Index | Properties
These islands, the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean are a British Overseas Territory. In October 2024, the United Kingdom agreed to hand sovereignty of the islands over to Mauritius, whilst retaining delegated sovereignty over the island of Diego Garcia which contains the joint UK and US military base for at least 99 years[1].
The islands and island groups are:
Danger Island 
Diego Garcia
Eagle Islands
Egmont Islands
Nelsons Island
Peros Banhos
Salomon Islands
Three Brothers
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here
and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here
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British Indian Ocean Territory - Country information
Local short name form
Official name
Area
Population
Capital
Currency
International telephone access code
ISO 3166 country codes
Car nationality plate code
Internet country code
GRC Country Code
Post to the British Indian Ocean Territory goes via the military postal services of the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Please refer to the appropriate country chapters for details.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
British Indian Ocean Territory - Postal codes
In 2004, a single postal code covering all non-military addresses, BBND 1ZZ, was introduced.
British Indian Ocean Territory - Postal code format graphic
British Indian Ocean Territory - Postal code format
British Indian Ocean Territory - Postal code specifics
British Indian Ocean Territory - Postal code regular expression
\A(BBND 1ZZ)\Z (Does not include military formats)
British Indian Ocean Territory - Postal code level of coverage
British Indian Ocean Territory - Postal code map
n/a
British Indian Ocean Territory - Administrative districts
Note: This section last updated 24th May 2020
British Indian Ocean Territory has no internal administrative divisions.
Properties with value British Indian Ocean Territory
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Local short name form
Official name
References
- ^ www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o
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