British Indian Ocean Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
Capital
Diego Garcia
Population
0
Name
$ USD
Calling Code
+246
Languages
enGeography
Region
Africa
Subregion
Eastern Africa
Continent
Africa
Area
60 km²
Landlocked
No
TLD
.io
Airports (1)
NKWCountry Codes
ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2
IO
ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3
IOT
ISO 3166-1 Numeric
86
BCP 47
en-IO
IOC
FIFA
Currency Format
Code
USD
Name
US Dollar
Symbol
$
Symbol Position
before
Decimal Separator
.
Thousands Separator
,
Example
US$123,456.79
Date & Time Formats
Date Formats
Full
Saturday, 4 April 2026
EEEE, MMMM d, y
Long
4 April 2026
MMMM d, y
Medium
4 Apr 2026
MMM d, y
Short
04/04/2026
M/d/yy
Time Formats
Full
15:39:07 Coordinated Universal Time
h:mm:ss a zzzz
Long
15:39:07 UTC
h:mm:ss a z
Medium
15:39:07
h:mm:ss a
Short
15:39
h:mm a
Additional Info
First Day of Week
Monday
Clock Format
12h
Primary Timezone
UTC+06:00
UTC Offset
+00:00
Timezones
UTC+06:00Number Formatting
Decimal Separator
.
Thousands Separator
,
Digit Grouping
3
Numbering System
latn
Example
1,234,567.89
Phone Formatting
Calling Code
+246
Trunk Prefix
0
International Prefix
00
Subscriber Number Lengths
7
Example Format
+246 380 1234
Format Patterns
| Pattern | Format | Leading Digits | National Prefix |
|---|---|---|---|
| (\d{3})(\d{4}) | $1 $2 | 3 | — |
Phone Number Types
Format Patterns
3\d{6}
Locale Settings
Writing Direction
LTR
Measurement System
metric
Temperature Scale
celsius
Paper Size
A4
Driving Side
right
Week Numbering
ISO
Raw JSON Data
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"WorldBank",
"mledoze",
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],
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"capital": "Diego Garcia",
"capitalCoordinates": [
null,
null
],
"coordinates": [
-6,
71.5
],
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"region": "Africa",
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"population": 0,
"area": 60,
"flagEmoji": "🇮🇴",
"tld": [
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],
"landlocked": false,
"borders": [],
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"countries": []
}
],
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},
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"ioc": "",
"fifa": "",
"vehicleCode": "",
"fips10": "IO",
"unLocode": "IO",
"stanag1059": "IOT",
"itu": "",
"uic": "",
"maritime": "",
"mmc": ""
},
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"thousandsSeparator": ",",
"decimalDigits": 2,
"subunitValue": 100,
"subunitName": "Cents",
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"long": "yMMMMd",
"medium": "yMMMd",
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"long": "ahmmssz",
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"monthNames": {
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"Wednesday",
"Thursday",
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"Tue",
"Wed",
"Thu",
"Fri",
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"primaryTimezone": "UTC+06:00",
"utcOffset": "+00:00"
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"numberFormat": {
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"thousandsSeparator": ",",
"digitGrouping": "3",
"pattern": "#,##0.###",
"percentExample": "25.5%",
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"pattern": "37\\d{5}",
"exampleNumber": "3709100",
"possibleLengths": [
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"mobile": {
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"exampleNumber": "3801234",
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}
},
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"addressFormat": {
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"lineOrder": [
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],
"postalCodeFormat": "",
"postalCodeRegex": "",
"postalCodeExample": "",
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"temperatureScale": "celsius",
"paperSize": "A4",
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"airports": [
{
"countryCode": "IO",
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"iata": "NKW",
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"name": "Diego Garcia Naval Support Facility",
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"timezone": "Indian/Chagos",
"source": "mwgg_json"
}
]
}