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Tristan da Cunha is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world.

Why it is true

Located in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, this British territory is over two thousand kilometers from the coast of Angola and nearly three thousand kilometers from South America. It can only be reached after a multi-day boat journey.

Source: Nat Geo

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