Time Difference:
UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Travel Climate:
tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year
Travel Currency:
1.352
Languages:
Malay (Cocos dialect), English
Ethnic Groups:
Europeans, Cocos Malays
National Holiday:
Australia Day (commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet of Australian settlers), 26 January (1788)
Geographic Coordinates:
12 30 S, 96 50 E
Location:
Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka
Airports:
1