Christmas Island

Christmas Island is one of the in . It is south of and some 1,550 km northwest of , of which it is a territory.
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  • Type: Locality with 1,500 residents
  • Description: island and external territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean
  • Also known as: “Christmas Island, Other Territories”, “Christmas Island, Other Territories, Australia”, “cx”, and “Territory of Christmas Island”
  • Languages: English, Chinese, and Malay
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Christmas Island

Latitude of center
-10.4865° or 10° 29′ 11″ south
Longitude of center
105.639° or 105° 38′ 21″ east
Population
1,500
Area
135 km² (52 miles²)
Elevation
234 metres (768 feet)
Capital
Flying Fish Cove
Currency
Dollar (AUD)
Phone code
.cx
Internet domain
61
United Nations Location Code
CX XCH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 433483523
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­territory
Geo­Names ID
2078138
Wiki­data ID
Q31063
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Christmas Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kerseiland”
  • Albanian: “Christmas Island”
  • Albanian: “Ishulli i Krishtlindjes”
  • Albanian: “Ishulli i Krishtlindjeve”
  • Amharic: “ክሪስማስ ደሴት”
  • Amharic: “ክርስትማስ ደሴት”
  • Angika: “क्रिस्मस द्वीप”
  • Arabic: “جزر الكريسماس”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الكريسماس”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الميلاد”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة عيد الميلاد”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة كريسماس”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة كريسمس”
  • Arabic: “عيد الميلاد”
  • Arabic: “قائمة جزر جزيرة كريسمس”
  • Aragonese: “Isla de Nadal”
  • Armenian: “Ծննդյան կղզի”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Ծննդյան կղզի”
  • Assamese: “খ্ৰীষ্টমাছ দ্বীপ”
  • Asturian: “Islla Christmas”
  • Asturian: “Islla de Christmas”
  • Asturian: “Islla de Navidá”
  • Azerbaijani: “Milad adası”
  • Balinese: “Nusa Natal”
  • Bashkir: “Раштыуа Утрауы (Австралия)”
  • Bashkir: “Раштыуа Утрауы”
  • Basque: “Christmas uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Каляд”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Ражства”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Раства”
  • Belarusian: “Выспа Раства”
  • Bengali: “ক্রিসমাস দ্বীপ”
  • Bengali: “ক্রিসমাস দ্বীপমালা”
  • Betawi: “Pulo Natal”
  • Bhojpuri: “क्रिसमस दीप”
  • Bishnupriya: “ক্রিসমাস দ্বীপমালা”
  • Bosnian: “Božićno ostrvo”
  • Breton: “Enez Christmas”
  • Bulgarian: “Коледен остров”
  • Bulgarian: “Остров Коледа”
  • Bulgarian: “остров Рождество”
  • Bulgarian: “Остров Рождество”
  • Bulgarian: “Рождество”
  • Burmese: “ခရစ္စမတ်ကျွန်း”
  • Burmese: “ခရစ်စမတ် ကျွန်း”
  • Catalan: “Illa Christmas”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Christmas”
  • Cebuano: “Christmas Island”
  • Central Bikol: “Isla nin Pasko”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوورگەی کریسمس”
  • Chechen: “Варан гӀайре”
  • Chechen: “ГӀайре ӏиса пайхӏамар вина де”
  • Chechen: “Ӏийса пайхамар винчу дийнан гӀайре”
  • Cherokee: “ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲᎤᎦᏚᏛ”
  • Chinese: “Sèng-tàn-tó”
  • Chinese: “圣诞岛”
  • Chinese: “耶誕島”
  • Chinese: “聖誕島”
  • Cornish: “Ynys Nadelik”
  • Corsican: “Isula di Natale”
  • Corsican: “Territoriu di l’Isula di Natale”
  • Croatian: “Božićni otok”
  • Croatian: “Božićni Otok”
  • Czech: “Vánoční ostrov”
  • Danish: “Christmas Island”
  • Danish: “Juleøen”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Adey Christmasi”
  • Dutch: “Christmas Island”
  • Dutch: “Christmaseiland”
  • Dutch: “CX”
  • Dutch: “CXR”
  • Dutch: “Kersteiland”
  • Dutch: “Territorium Christmaseiland”
  • Dutch: “Territorium Kersteiland”
  • Dzongkha: “ཁི་རིསྟ་མེས་མཚོ་གླིང”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة كريسماس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره عيد الميلاد”
  • Esperanto: “Christmas island”
  • Esperanto: “Kristnaska Insulo”
  • Esperanto: “Kristnaskinsulo”
  • Estonian: “Jõulusaar”
  • Ewe: “Kristmas ƒudomekpo nutome”
  • Faroese: “Jólaoyggjin”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Christmas Island”
  • Finnish: “CXR”
  • Finnish: “Joulusaaren territorio”
  • Finnish: “Joulusaari”
  • French: “Christmas, île”
  • French: “île Christmas”
  • French: “Île Christmas”
  • French: “île de Noël”
  • French: “île Noël”
  • French: “Territoire de l’Île Christmas”
  • Gagauz: “Christmas adası”
  • Gagauz: “Christmas Adası”
  • Galician: “Illa Christmas”
  • Galician: “Illa de Nadal”
  • Galician: “Illa de Navidade”
  • Georgian: “შობის კუნძული”
  • German: “Christmas Island”
  • German: “Weihnachtsinsel”
  • Greek: “Νησί των Χριστουγέννων”
  • Greek: “Νησιά Χριστουγέννων”
  • Greek: “Νήσος των Χριστουγέννων”
  • Gujarati: “ક્રિસમસ આઇલેન્ડ”
  • Gujarati: “ક્રિસમસ દ્વીપ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sṳn-tan-tó”
  • Hausa: “Tsibirin Kirsmati”
  • Hebrew: “אי חג המולד”
  • Hebrew: “איי חג המולד”
  • Hebrew: “איי כריסטמס”
  • Hebrew: “חג המולד”
  • Hebrew: “כריסטמס”
  • Hindi: “क्रिसमस आईलैंड”
  • Hindi: “क्रिसमस द्वीप”
  • Hindi: “क्रिस्मस द्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Karácsony-sziget”
  • Icelandic: “Jólaey”
  • Icelandic: “Jólaeyja”
  • Icelandic: “Jólaeyjar”
  • Ido: “Insulo Christmas”
  • Igbo: “Agwaetiti Christmas”
  • Iloko: “Isla ti Paskua”
  • Iloko: “Teritorio ti Isla ti Paskua”
  • Indonesian: “Christmas Island”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Christmas”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Natal”
  • Interlingua: “Insula de Natal”
  • Irish: “Oileán na Nollag”
  • Italian: “Isola Christmas”
  • Italian: “Isola del Natale”
  • Italian: “Isola di Natale”
  • Italian: “Territorio dell’Isola di Natale”
  • Japanese: “CXR”
  • Japanese: “クリスマス島 (オーストラリア)”
  • Japanese: “クリスマス島”
  • Javanese: “Pulo Christmas”
  • Javanese: “Pulo Natal”
  • Kalaallisut: “Jul-qeqertaq”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಮಸ್ ದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Kashmiri: “کرِسمَس جٔزیٖرٕ”
  • Kazakh: “Кристмас аралы”
  • Kazakh: “Рождество аралы”
  • Khmer: “កោះ​គ្រីស្មាស”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ikirwa cya Noheli”
  • Kirghiz: “Рождество аралы”
  • Korean: “크리스마스 섬”
  • Korean: “크리스마스섬”
  • Kurdish: “Girava Christmas”
  • Ladin: “Ijula de Nadel”
  • Lao: “ເກາະຄຣິສມາດ”
  • Latin: “Insula Christi Natalis”
  • Latvian: “CXR”
  • Latvian: “Ziemassvētku Sala”
  • Latvian: “Ziemsvētku sala”
  • Latvian: “Ziemsvētku Sala”
  • Latvian: “Ziemsvētku Salas Teritorija”
  • Ligurian: “Isoa Christmas”
  • Ligurian: “Isoa de Dênâ”
  • Limburgan: “Kaersjmeseilandj”
  • Lingala: “Esanga ya Mbótama”
  • Literary Chinese: “聖誕島”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalėdų sala”
  • Lombard: “Isola de Nedal”
  • Luxembourgish: “Chrëschtdagsinsel”
  • Luxembourgish: “Christmas Island”
  • Luxembourgish: “Territory of Christmas Island”
  • Macedonian: “Божиќен Остров”
  • Maithili: “क्रिसमस द्वीप”
  • Malay: “Pulau Christmas”
  • Malay: “Pulau Krismas”
  • Malayalam: “Christmas Island”
  • Malayalam: “ക്രിസ്തുമസ് ഐലൻഡ്”
  • Malayalam: “ക്രിസ്തുമസ് ദ്വീപ്”
  • Malayalam: “ക്രിസ്മസ് ദ്വീപ്”
  • Maltese: “Gżira Christmas”
  • Maltese: “Gżira tal-Milied”
  • Maltese: “il-Gżira Christmas”
  • Maltese: “Territorju tal-Gżira Christmas”
  • Manx: “Ellan ny Nollick”
  • Manx: “Ellan y Nollick”
  • Maori: “Motu Kirihimete”
  • Marathi: “क्रिसमस द्वीप”
  • Marathi: “ख्रिसमस द्वीप”
  • Marathi: “ख्रिसमस बेट”
  • Mazanderani: “کریسمس جزیره”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Séng-dáng-dō̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Christmas Island”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Christmas Tó”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Christmas-tó”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sèng-tàn-tó”
  • Minangkabau: “Pulau Natal”
  • Mingrelian: “ქირსეშ კოკი”
  • Mongolian: “Зул сарын арал”
  • Mongolian: “Зул Сарын Арал”
  • Nepali: “क्रिष्टमस टापु”
  • Nepali: “क्रिसमस टापु”
  • Northern Frisian: “Jul-Eilun”
  • Northern Sami: “Juovllat-sullot”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Christmas Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Christmas-øya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Christmasøya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Christmasøyen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “CXR”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Juleøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Christmas Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Christmas-øya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Christmasøya”
  • Norwegian: “Christmasøya”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Christmas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illa de Christmas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illa de Nadal”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Crīstesmæsse Īeg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ġēohhelīeg”
  • Oriya: “ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟମାସ ଦ୍ୱୀପ”
  • Oriya: “ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟମାସ୍ ଦ୍ଵୀପ”
  • Oriya: “ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟମାସ୍ ଦ୍ୱୀପ”
  • Pampanga: “Christmas Island”
  • Pampanga: “Pulu ning Christmas”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਰਿਸਮਸ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕ੍ਰਿਸਮਸ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕ੍ਰਿਸਮਿਸ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Persian: “جزیره کریسمس”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ کریسمس”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Kresmes Ailen”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Bożego Narodzenia”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Christmas”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Natal”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Natal”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Natal”
  • Portuguese: “Território da Ilha Christmas”
  • Pushto: “د کريسمس ټاپو”
  • Pushto: “کرېسمېس ټاپو”
  • Quechua: “Isla Christmas”
  • Romanian: “Insula Christmas”
  • Romanian: “Insula Crăciunului”
  • Romansh: “Insla da Nadal”
  • Russian: “о-в Рождества”
  • Russian: “Остров Рождества”
  • Russian: “Рождества Остров”
  • Scots: “Christmas Island”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean na Nollaig”
  • Serbian: “Божићна Острва”
  • Serbian: “Божићно Острво”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Božićna ostrva”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Božićni otok”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Božićno ostrvo”
  • Shan: “ၵုၼ် ၶရိတ်ႉသမၢတ်ႉ”
  • Shan: “မူႇၵုၼ် ၶရိတ်ႉသမၢတ်ႉ”
  • Sicilian: “Ìsula Christmas”
  • Sindhi: “ڪرسمس ٻيٽ”
  • Sinhala: “ක්‍රිස්මස් දූපත”
  • Sinhala: “ක්‍රිස්මස් දූපත්”
  • Slovak: “Teritórium Vianočného ostrova”
  • Slovak: “Vianočný ostrov”
  • Slovenian: “Božični otok”
  • Somali: “Christmas Island”
  • Somali: “Jasiiradda Kirismas”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کریسمس آداسی”
  • Spanish: “Isla Christmas”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Navidad”
  • Sundanese: “Pulo Christmas”
  • Sundanese: “Pulo Natal”
  • Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Krismasi”
  • Swedish: “Christmas Island”
  • Swedish: “Christmasön”
  • Swedish: “Julön”
  • Tagalog: “Christmas Island Territory”
  • Tagalog: “Christmas Island”
  • Tagalog: “Isla ng Krismas”
  • Tagalog: “Isla ng Pasko”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Christmas”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Krismas”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Pasko”
  • Tagalog: “Pulong Christmas”
  • Tagalog: “Pulong Pasko”
  • Tagalog: “Teritoryo ng Pulo ng Pasko”
  • Tagalog: “Territory of Christmas Island”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазираи Крисмас”
  • Tamil: “கிறிசுத்துமசு தீவுகள்”
  • Tamil: “கிறிஸ்துமசு தீவு”
  • Tamil: “கிறிஸ்துமஸ் ஐஸ்லாந்து”
  • Tamil: “கிறிஸ்துமஸ் தீவு”
  • Tamil: “கிறிஸ்துமஸ் தீவுகள்”
  • Tamil: “கிறிஸ்மஸ் தீவு”
  • Tamil: “கிறிஸ்மஸ் தீவுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Раштуа утравы”
  • Telugu: “క్రిస్టమస్ దీవి”
  • Telugu: “క్రిస్టమస్ దీవులు”
  • Telugu: “క్రిస్మస్ దీవి”
  • Thai: “Christmas Island”
  • Thai: “เกาะคริสต์มาส”
  • Tigrinya: “ደሴት ክሪስማስ”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Motu Kilisimasi”
  • Turkish: “Christmas Adası (I)”
  • Turkish: “Christmas Adası”
  • Turkish: “Christmas Island”
  • Turkmen: “Roždestwo adasy”
  • Uighur: “روژدېستۋو ئاراللىرى”
  • Uighur: “مىلاد ئارىلى”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Різдва”
  • Urdu: “Christmas Island”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ کرسمس”
  • Uzbek: “Rojdestvo oroli”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Giáng Sinh”
  • Vietnamese: “Lãnh thổ đảo Giáng Sinh”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Christmas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Christmas Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Puro han Christmas”
  • Welsh: “Christmas Island”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Christmas”
  • Welsh: “Ynys y Nadolig”
  • Western Frisian: “Krysteilan”
  • Western Frisian: “Krysteilân”
  • Western Mari: “Шартял ошмаоты”
  • Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ کرسمس”
  • Wolof: “Christmas Island”
  • Wolof: “Dunu Christmas”
  • Wolof: “Dunu Kirismas”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣诞岛”
  • Yoruba: “Christmas Island”
  • Yoruba: “Erékùsù Christmas”
  • Yoruba: “Erékùṣù Kérésìmesì”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖誕島”
  • Zulu: “i-Christmas Island”
  • “CX”
  • “CXR”
  • “ma Jule”
  • “क्रिसमस दीप”

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