Guernsey (2004)

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Administrative divisions	none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 10 parishes including Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson, Vale, Castel, Saint Saviour, Saint Pierre du Bois, Torteval, Forest, Saint Martin, Saint Andrew
Age structure	0-14 years: 15.6% (male 5,161; female 5,013) 15-64 years: 66.7% (male 21,497; female 21,897) 65 years and over: 17.6% (male 4,812; female 6,651) (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products	tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Airports	2 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Area	total: 78 sq km land: 78 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
Area - comparative	about one-half the size of Washington, DC
Background	The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which held sway in both France and England. The islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II.
Birth rate	9.16 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Budget	revenues: $381.3 million expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)
Capital	Saint Peter Port
Climate	temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Coastline	50 km
Constitution	unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Country name	conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey conventional short form: Guernsey
Currency	British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Guernsey pound
Death rate	9.87 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Debt - external	NA
Dependency status	British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (British crown dependency)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (British crown dependency)
Disputes - international	none
Economic aid - recipient	NA
Economy - overview	Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance, etc. - account for about 55% of total income in this tiny Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular tax haven. The evolving economic integration of the EU nations is changing the environment under which Guernsey operates.
Electricity - consumption	NA kWh
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - production	NA kWh
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Environment - current issues	NA
Ethnic groups	UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries
Exchange rates	Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998); note - the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Sir John FOLEY (since NA 2000) head of government: Chief Minister Laurie MORGAN (since 1 May 2004) cabinet: Policy Council elected by the States of Deliberation elections: the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister is elected by States of Delibertion election results: Laurie MORGAN elected chief minister, percent of vote of the States of Deliberation NA
Exports	0 kWh (2002)
Exports	NA
Exports - commodities	tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables
Exports - partners	UK (regarded as internal trade)
Fiscal year	calendar year
Flag description	white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow equal-armed cross of William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint George cross
GDP	purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 3% industry: 10% services: 87% (2000)
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $20,000 (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	5.7% (1999 est.)
Geographic coordinates	49 28 N, 2 35 W
Geography - note	large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
Highways	total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA
Imports	0 kWh (2002)
Imports	NA
Imports - commodities	coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment
Imports - partners	UK (regarded as internal trade)
Independence	none (British crown dependency)
Industrial production growth rate	NA
Industries	tourism, banking
Infant mortality rate	total: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	4% (2000 est.)
International organization participation	UPU
Irrigated land	NA sq km
Judicial branch	Royal Court
Labor force	31,320 (2000)
Land boundaries	0 km
Land use	arable land: NA permanent crops: NA other: NA (2001)
Languages	English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Legal system	English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court
Legislative branch	unicameral States of Deliberation (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote for 4 years); note - Alderney and Sark have their own parliaments elections: last held 21 April 2004 (next to be held NA 2008) election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 80.17 years male: 77.17 years female: 83.27 years (2004 est.)
Literacy	definition: NA total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Location	Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references	Europe
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
Merchant marine	none
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of the UK
National holiday	Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Nationality	noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander
Natural hazards	NA
Natural resources	cropland
Net migration rate	3.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Political parties and leaders	none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders	none
Population	65,031 (July 2004 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA
Population growth rate	0.31% (2004 est.)
Ports and harbors	Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Religions	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: 1 submarine cable
Telephones - main lines in use	55,000 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular	31,500 (2001)
Television broadcast stations	1 (1997)
Terrain	mostly level with low hills in southwest
Total fertility rate	1.38 children born/woman (2004 est.)
Unemployment rate	0.5% (1999 est.)

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