@British Indian Ocean Territory:People
Population: no indigenous inhabitants note: there are UK-US military personnel; civilian inhabitants, known as the Ilois, evacuated to Mauritius before construction of UK-US military facilities
@British Indian Ocean Territory:Government
Names:
conventional long form: British Indian Ocean Territory
conventional short form: none
Abbreviation: BIOT
Digraph: IO
Type: dependent territory of the UK
Capital: none
Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK)
Executive branch:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
head of government: Commissioner Mr. D. R. MACLENNAN); Administrator
Mr. David Smith; note - both reside in the UK