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The Pitcairn Islands are a tiny group of desolate islands in the far east (well technically the far west) of Oceania. It is the least populated 'country' in the world with a population of only about 50 people, and only one of the islands is inhabited. Pitcairn also only has nine surnames and you can probably tell by now that they are all related, very closely related.
Pitcairn is a British territory and administration usually takes place from New Zealand. The British High Commissioner to New Zealand also serves as the Governor of Pitcairn and usually appoints people to make daily visits to the island. Pitcairn is often romanticised as an island paradise because of its association with the ''[[Mutiny
Archaeological evidence shows that a Polynesian society existed on the islands at some point prior to their re-discovery. The original inhabitants populated all of the islands and appeared at some time around the 11th century, though by the 1500's they seem to have completely disappeared. Theories have been put forward to try and explain why but it is usually accepted that they just ran out of reliable food supplies due to a decline of trade routes in this part of the Pacific.
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