Cocos Islands
Proper noun
Meaning
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
island off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
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After 1952, the airport at Cocos Islands was a stop for airline flights between Australia and South Africa, and Qantas and South African Airways stopped there to refuel.
Education There is a school in the archipelago, Cocos Islands District High School, with campuses located on West Island (Kindergarten to Year 10), and the other on Home Island (Kindergarten to Year 6).
Since the Cocos Islands became part of Australia in 1984, emigrants to the ‘north’ (Singapore and Sabah) and their descendants have begun to return to Home Island and links with Western Australian communities have strengthened.
The Cocos Islands remain constitutionally distinct from Western Australia, however; the power of the state to legislate for the territory is power delegated by the federal government.
The unemployment rate was 6.7% in 2011. citation Strategic importance The Cocos Islands are geostrategically important because of their proximity to Indian Ocean and South China Sea shipping lanes.
The United States Armed Forces have planned to construct airbases on the Cocos Islands, capable of supporting drone-based espionage and surveillance over the South China Sea.