What Should I Know About the Pitcairn Islands?

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-- There are four of them, spread over several hundred miles of ocean.  -- Together, they form the last British Overseas Territory.  -- Their TOTAL area is about 47 square kilometers (18 square miles).-- Only Pitcairn, the second largest one, is inhabited.  In 2013,its total population was 56 .-- The island is inhabited by the descendants of the Bounty mutineersand the Tahitians who landed there with them (in 1789).-- Fletcher Christian was the officer who led the mutiny, and almost all ofthe 56 current residents are members of families named Christian.-- Pitcairn is the national jurisdiction (nation) with the smallest population in the world.