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Pitcairn Islands Introduction 2008

https://allcountries.org/wfb2008/pitcairn_islands/pitcairn_islands_introduction.html
SOURCE: 2008 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Background:
Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today remains the last vestige of that empire in the South Pacific. Outmigration, primarily to New Zealand, has thinned the population from a peak of 233 in 1937 to less than 50 today.


NOTE: The information regarding Pitcairn Islands on this page is re-published from the 2008 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Pitcairn Islands Introduction 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Pitcairn Islands Introduction 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.



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