Pitcairn

Population: 47 (July 2001 est.)

Languages: English (official), Pitcairnese (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect)

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...

Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD, NZD (NZ$1.43 = US$1))

Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.