Bantam Village is the largest settlement on the

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, in Australia. It is located on

Home Island Home Island, also known locally as Pulu Selma, is one of only two permanently inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the Southern Atoll of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian external territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean. Des ...

and has a population of about 448, mainly

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. Bantam was formerly listed as the capital of Cocos (Keeling) Islands by the European Union.Interinstitutional Style Guide of the European Union, Annex 5 - capital: ‘Bantam’ replaced by ‘West Island’ (change made on 7 Feb. 2012)
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Climate

Being located within the tropical latitudes, the island features warm and consistent temperatures year-round.

References

Populated places in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands {{Cocos-geo-stub