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| Capital | Adamstown |
| currency | New Zealand Dollar (NZD) 1 NZD = 0.7153 USD 1 NZD = 0.5850 EUR Pitcairn Islands Dollar (PND) 1 PND = 1.0000 NZD |
| population | 50（2019） |
| country code | 64 |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 |
| Language | Pitken, English |
| Driving direction | Left |
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Pitcairn Islands, The official name isPitcairn, Henderson, Disy and Oeno, Is a south composed of 4 islandsThe Pacific OceanIslands, of which only one island is inhabited. The archipelago is alsoU.KThe last remaining overseas territory in the Pacific. Only Pitcairn, the second largest island, has been settled.
The island is famous because its residents are descendants of the mutinous crew and Tahitians on the Royal Navy Bounty. This legendary history has been written into a novel and filmed into many movies. . In addition, the island may also be the least populated area in the world, with only about 48 people (9 families) still living here. Pitcairn is also the world's least populated area with jurisdiction (although it is not a sovereign country). The list of United Nations Non-Self-Governing Territories includes the Pitcairn Islands. In 2002, 7 male residents on the island werenew ZealandThe indictment by the authorities on charges of sexual assault and rape and molestation of a girl has once again attracted the attention of the media.
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history
Archaeologists believe thatPolynesiaPeople are the earliest inhabitants of the Pitcairn Islands, and their traces on the island can be traced back to the 15th century at the latest. But whenPortugalWhen explorer Quelos discovered the archipelago, the island was already uninhabited. In 1767, the British Pitken rediscovered the archipelago and named the archipelago after his own name.
On January 15, 1790, the nine mutinous crew members of the Bounty and their Tahiti companions fled to the island. They included the leader of the rebellion, Fletcher Christian, the ship's first mate, and 8 other crew members, 6 Tahitian men and 12 Tahitian women. They removed all the supplies from the Bounty and set fire to the entire ship. But today, people can still see the wreckage of the Bounty on the ocean floor.
On the island, the crew quickly broke out in civil strife. Coupled with the disease attack, by 1800, only John Adams survived among the mutinous crew. The British navy discovered the island again in 1814, but was moved by the history of the islanders, so it decided not to arrest the last remaining mutineers, thinking that doing so was "extremely inhumane and cruel."
The island officially became a British colony in 1838. By 1850, the population of residents on the island was so large that the island could not bear it, and the islanders asked Queen Victoria for help. The Queen approved the migration of the islanders toNorfolk Island(Norfolk Island). So on May 3, 1856, all 193 residents of the island began to migrate. But 18 months later, 17 islanders returned to the Pitcairn Islands, and another 27 returned home five years later.
In 1937, the island’s population reached a historic peak of 233 people, and then large-scale migration activities began, most of which were moved to neighboring New Zealand, making the island’s population today remain around 50 people. In 1997, a British female reporter arrived on the island to interview and disclosed for the first time the 200-year history of sexual assault on underage girls on the island. After that, many former female residents of the island filed complaints with the New Zealand police. Since the age of 12, he has been sexually assaulted, raped or even gang-raped by other male residents of the island. In 2002, the New Zealand authorities decided to prosecute seven male residents on the island for rape and assault on girls. The trial is now over.
transportation
The residents who arrived on the island were all by boat, the most famous of which was the Bounty, which was a mutiny ship and was burned down in Bounty Bay.
Pitcairn Island does not have an airport or seaport. The residents of the island rely on large boats to transport people and goods between steamboats and land through Bounty Bay. If you want to get to Pitcairn Island, you must first fly to Tahiti, then to Mangareva, and then take a boat for more than 30 hours. There is only one boat every few months. Another option is to take a cargo ship departing from New Zealand, which would take seven days. The outlying islands are about to take a chance. It's not that there is a boat whenever you want to leave.
There are 6.4 kilometers of roads and no railways on the island. On land, walking has long been the only way to get to other places on the island.
In the early 1970s, people decided to bring a Mini moke to the island for the convenience of the elderly for the first time, but the rugged terrain and heavy rain quickly damaged the mini car, and then the second one was the last one. Three vehicles had to be sent to the island to replace it, and more vehicles suitable for terrain have been increasing in recent years.
