no indigenous inhabitantsnote: approximately 1200 former agricultural workers resident in the Chagos Archipelago, often referred to as Chagossians or Ilois, were relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles in the 1960s and 1970s; in November 2004, approximately 4000 UK and US military personnel and civilian contractors were living on the island of Diego Garciaoccupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean; site of joint US-UK military facility [airbase]
Terrain:flat and low (most areas do not exceed two meters in elevation)
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