ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟମାସ୍ ଦ୍ୱୀପ

Territory of Christmas Island
Flag Coat of arms
ଜାତୀୟ ସଙ୍ଗୀତ: Advance Australia Fair
ରାଜଧାନୀ	Flying Fish Cove ("The Settlement")
ବୃହତ୍ତମ ସହର	capital
ସରକାରୀ ଭାଷା	English (de facto)
ଜାତି	70% Chinese 20% European 10% Malay
ଜାତୀୟତା	Christmas Islander
Government	Federal constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Elizabeth II
• Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia	Quentin Bryce
• Administrator	Jon Stanhope
• Shire President	Foo Kee Heng
Territory of Australia
• Sovereignty transferred to Australia	1957
କ୍ଷେତ୍ରଫଳ
• ମୋଟ	135 km2 (52 sq mi)
• ଜଳଭାଗ (%)	0
ଲୋକସଂଖ୍ୟା
• 2011 estimate	2,072 (220th)
• ଘନତା	10.39/km2 (26.9/sq mi) (n/a)
ମୁଦ୍ରା	Australian dollar (AUD)
ସମୟ ମଣ୍ଡଳ	UTC+7 (CXT)
ଟେଲିଫୋନ କୋଡ଼	61
Internet TLD	.cx

ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟମାସ୍ ଦ୍ୱୀପ ଏକ ଅଷ୍ଟ୍ରେଲିଲୀୟ ଦ୍ୱୀପ ଅଟେ । ଏହା ଭରତ ମହାସାଗରରେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ ଓ ଏହାର ଜନସଂଖ୍ୟା ୨୦୭୨ ଅଟେ । ଏହା ବଡଦିନ (ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟମାସ ଡେ)ରେ ଅବିଷ୍କୃତ ହୋଇଥିବାରୁ ଏହାର ନାମ ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟମାସ୍ ଦ୍ୱୀପ ହୋଇଛି ।

ଅଧିକ ପଢନ୍ତୁ

• Adams, Jan; Neale, Marg (1993). Christmas Island – The Early Years – 1888–1958. Bruce Neale. ISBN 0-646-14894-X{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link). 96 pages, including many b&w photographs.
• Allen, Gerald R.; Steene, Roger C. (1998). Fishes of Christmas Island (1 ed.). Christmas Island Natural History Association. ISBN 0-9591210-1-3{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link). 197 pages including many photographs and plates.
• Allen, Gerald R.; Steene, Roger C.; Orchard, Max (2007). Fishes of Christmas Island (2 ed.). Christmas Island Natural History Association. ISBN 978-0-9591210-8-7{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• Andrews, Charles W. (1899). "A Description of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)". Geographical Journal. 13 (1): 17–35. doi:10.2307/1774789{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• Andrews, Charles W. (1900). "A Monograph of Christmas Island". London {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• Anonymous, 1984, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean – a Unique Island. Published by a committee of present and former employees of the phosphate mining company. 60 pages including colour photographs.
• Ayris, Cyril (1993). Tai Ko Seng – Gordon Bennett of Christmas Island. Gordon Bennett Educational Foundation. ISBN 0-646-15483-4{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link). 263 pages including photographs.
• Bosman, D, ed. (1993). Christmas Island Police – 1958–1983. D Bosman{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link). 112 pages including many photographs.
• "CIA World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. 2002 {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• Gray, H.S. (1981). Christmas Island Naturally. H.S. Gray. ISBN 0-9594105-0-3{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link). 133 pages including many colour photographs.
• Hicks, John; Rumpff, Holger; Yorkston, Hugh (1984). Christmas Crabs. Christmas Island Natural History Association. ISBN 0-9591210-0-5{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link). 76 pages including colour photographs.
• Hunt, John (2011). Suffering Through Strength: The Men who Made Christmas Island. ISBN 9780646550114{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• The Indian Ocean: a select bibliography. National Library of Australia. 1979. ISBN 0-642-99150-2{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• Neale, Margaret (1988). We were the Christmas Islanders. Bruce Neale. ISBN 0-7316-4158-2{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link). 207 pages including many b&w photographs.
• Orchard, Max (2012). Crabs of Christmas Island. Christmas Island Natural History Association. ISBN 9780646576428{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) 288 pages pictorial illustration of crabs.
• Stokes, Tony (2012). Whatever Will Be, I'll See: Growing Up in the 1940s, 50s and 60s in the Northern Territory, Christmas and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. ISBN 9780646575643{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link). 238 pages.
• Wharton, W. J. L. (1888). "Account of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean". Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography. 10 (10): 613–624. doi:10.2307/1800848{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• Waters, Les (1992). "The Union of Christmas Island Workers" (2 ed.). St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link). 170 pages including b&w photographs.

ବାହାର ଲିଙ୍କ

• Christmas Island Shire – official government website
• Christmas Island Tourism Association – official tourism website
• Christmas Island National Park – official website Christmas Island National Park
• Christmas Island Act 1958 Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine.

• Christmas Island at Curlie
• "Christmas Island". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Christmas Island Travel Guide from Unearth Travel a creative commons travel wiki
• "Australia Puts Its Refugee Problem on a Remote Island, Behind Razor Wire" — New York Times, 5 November 2009