Pitcairn Islands (Pitkern), the official name is the Pitcairn Islands group, which is about a group of four volcanic islands in the southern region of the Pacific Ocean that make up the region beyond the British seas in the Pacific Ocean. Which are spread over several hundred miles of ocean to be a total area of about 47 square kilometers (18 square miles) - the four islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno. Pitcairn, is the second largest island, with an area of about 3.6 km (2.2 mi) from east to west.
Inhabited islands Bounty descendants of the rebels and Tahiti (Polynesia), an event that is listed in many books and movies. The history of this island is still not clear to many of the islanders. A population of about 56 people, which originated from four major families, Pitcairn is the least densely populated in the world of national jurisdiction. And includes the United Nations Committee on Decolonization for Pitcairn Islands on the United Nations list of regions of non-self-governing.
Transportation
Can go on Pitcairn Island by boat and ship. Pitcairn Island does not have an airport or port. The islanders rely on longboats to transport people and goods between ships and shore through Bounty Bay. The island has one small port stems from the slope of the load is long and small boats only.
Totegegie Airport, the airport is Mangriva who arrive by air from the French Polynesian capital Papeete. There are even extends through 6.4 kilometers (4 miles) from the road to the Adamstown Bounty Bay.
The main means of transportation on the Pitcairn Islands is through the quad bikes or on foot. As of December 2013, there is a lot of road network and the track and some footpaths Pitcairn Island for display on Google Street View.
Media and Communication
Phones
New Zealand Pitcairn code used for international calls, +64. They are still on manual phone system.
TV
There are two English channels of live TV from satellite, Movies CNN, and Turner Classic. There are free of satellites that can be used to watch foreign TV dishes.
Internet
There is one internet connections via satellite sponsored by the government, with the network connection provided to the inhabitants of the island. Pitcairn's country code (Aabulg the highest level in the field) is .pn. NZ residents pay $ 100 (about 50 £) to about 2 GB of data per month, at a rate of 256 kbit / s.
Culture
The island was one to follow the strict moral codes that prohibit dancing, smoking, and alcohol intake, while varied conditions now, has been the establishment of a cafe and licensed bar on the island, and the store to the government for the sale of alcoholic beverages and cigarettes.
Fishing and swimming are two popular recreational activities. There is a birthday celebration or the arrival of a ship or yacht to include the celebration to provide dinner at Pitcairn Island in Adamstown Square with the provision of a variety of foods, including fish, meat, chicken fillet, rice, bread, piston boiled (bananas), bread, vegetable dishes, set variety of pancakes, bread, breadsticks, a range of desserts, pineapple, watermelon and more.
General work includes ongoing maintenance for many of the island's roads and tracks. The island has a work force of more than 35 men and women (as of 2011).
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