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Diego García (politician)
Diego Garcia is an atoll in the Chagos Archipelago, a part of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Diego Garcia may also refer to: People in sport Association football (soccer) *Diego García (footballer, born 1907), Argentine footballer *Diego García (footballer, born 1986), Argentine footballer *Diego García (footballer, born 1987), Mexican footballer *Diego García (footballer, born 1990), Spanish footballer *Diego García (footballer, born 19 December 1996), Chilean footballer *Diego García (footballer, born 29 December 1996), Uruguayan footballer *Diego Garcia (footballer, born 1997), Portuguese footballer *Diego García (footballer, born 2000), Spanish footballer Other sports *Diego García (fencer) (1895-?), Spanish fencer *Diego García (sport shooter) (born 1944), Mexican sports shooter *Diego García (runner) (1961–2001), Spanish long-distance athlete *Diego García (basketball) (born 1979), Argentine professional basketball player *Diego García (taekwondo) (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Garcia
Diego Garcia is an island of the British Indian Ocean Territory, a disputed overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is a militarised atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, and the largest of the 60 small islands of the Chagos Archipelago. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to find it and it was then settled by the French in the 1790s and transferred to British rule after the Napoleonic Wars. It was one of the "Dependencies" of the British Colony of Mauritius until the Chagos Islands were detached for inclusion in the newly created British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) in 1965. In 1966, the population of the island was 924. These people were employed as contract farm workers primarily on copra plantations owned by the Chagos-Agalega company. Although it was common for local plantation managers to allow pensioners and the disabled to remain in the islands and continue to receive housing and rations in exchange for light work, children after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
