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Country overview: 

Short name	PITCAIRN
ISO code	PN
FIPS code	PC
Language	English (en)
Time zone	-8
Capital	Adamstown

 

Pitcairn Island was a British possession at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1902, it annexed Ducie, Henderson, and Oeno Islands.

Other names of country: 

1. Dutch: Pitcairneilanden
2. English: "Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands" (formal)
3. French: Île f Pitcairn, Pitcairn
4. German: Pitcairn-Insel f
5. Italian: Pitcairn
6. Russian: Острова Питкэрн
7. Spanish: Pitcairn
8. Turkish: Pitcairn

Origin of name: 

Named for Robert Pitcairn (1747?-1770?), helmsman

Primary subdivisions: 

Pitcairn has no known administrative divisions.

Country	HASC	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Pitcairn Islands	PN.PN	48	49	19	Adamstown
Country: This division is the whole of the country, treated as a division for compatibility. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision code. Population: 2011-07 estimate

Postal codes: 

The postal code for all locations in Pitcairn, in the U.K. system, is PCRN 1ZZ.

Territorial extent: 

The country includes the South Pacific islands of Pitcairn, Ducie, Henderson, and Oeno.

The UN LOCODE page  for Pitcairn lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Population history:

Date	Population
1936	220
1947	124
1959	146
1976-06-30	74
1986-12-31	57
1995-12	54
2003	48
2011-07	48