Pitcairn Islands Pitkern Ailen (Pitcairn-Norfolk) | |
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Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands | |
Anthem: "God Save the King" | |
Local anthem: "Come Ye Blessed" | |
![]() Map showing location of the Pitcairn Islands (circled at the lower-right and magnified in an inset) | |
Sovereign state | ![]() |
Settlement | 15 January 1790 |
British colony | 30 November 1838 |
Capital and largest settlement | Adamstown 25°04′S 130°06′W / 25.067°S 130.100°W |
Official languages | |
Ethnic groups | Pitcairn Islanders |
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Government | Devolved locally governing dependency |
• Monarch | Charles III |
• Governor | Iona Thomas |
Steve Townsend | |
• Mayor | Simon Young |
Legislature | Island Council |
Government of the United Kingdom | |
• Minister | David Rutley |
Area | |
• Total | 47 km2 (18 sq mi) (not ranked) |
Highest elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 47 (last) |
• Density | 1/km2 (2.6/sq mi) (not ranked) |
GDP (nominal) | 2005 estimate |
• Total | NZ$217,000[1] |
• Per capita | NZ$4,617.02 |
Currency | New Zealand dollar (NZ$)[a] (NZD) |
Time zone | UTC-08:00 |
Driving side | left |
Calling code | +64 |
UK postcode | PCRN 1ZZ |
ISO 3166 code | PN |
Internet TLD | .pn |
Website | www.government.pn |
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The Pitcairn Islands are a group of islands in the southern Pacific. People only live on the second-largest of the four islands. That island is named Pitcairn. It is governed by the United Kingdom. It has the smallest number of people of any country. In 2019, 50 people lived there.
The islands are best known as home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers and the Tahitians (or Polynesians) who accompanied them, an event retold in numerous books and films. This history still shows in the surnames of many of the islanders. There are only four family names (as of 2010): Christian, Warren, Young and Brown.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) . . . NZ$217,000 (2005/06 indicative estimate) and NZ$4,340 per capita (based on 50 residents)