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Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today remains the last vestige of that empire in the South Pacific. Outmigration, primarily to New Zealand, has thinned the population from a peak of 233 in 1937 to less than 50 today. | |
Location: Pitcairn Islands is Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about midway between Peru and New Zealand See Map
Capital: name: Adamstown
geographic coordinates: 25 04 S, 130 05 W
time difference: UTC-9 (4 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Currency (Code): New Zealand dollar (NZD) ...More
Area: total: 47 sq km , land: 47 sq km , water: 0 sq km ( 1 sq km is approximately 0.4 sq miles or 250 acres)
Area Comparison: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Elevation Extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m , highest point: Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m (1 meter = 3.28 feet)
Population: 48 (July 2008 est.)
Unemployment: 7.3% (2007 est.)
Ethnic Groups: descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives
Religion: Seventh-Day Adventist 100%
Languages: English (official), Pitkern (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect)
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