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 Pitcairn Islands
Administrative divisions none (overseas territory of the UK)
Age structure 0-14 years: NA%


15-64 years: NA%


65 years and over: NA%
Agriculture - products wide variety of fruits and vegetables, goats, chickens
Airports none (2001)
Area total: 47 sq km


land: 47 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Background Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today remains the last vestige of that empire in the South Pacific. Outmigration, primarily to New Zealand, has thinned the population from a peak of 233 in 1937 to less than 50 today.
Birth rate NA births/1,000 population
Budget revenues: $729,884


expenditures: $878,119, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY94/95 est.)
Capital Adamstown
Climate tropical, hot, humid; modified by southeast trade winds; rainy season (November to March)
Coastline 51 km
Constitution 1838; reformed 1904 with additional reforms in 1940; further refined by the Local Government Ordinance of 1964
Country name conventional long form: Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands


conventional short form: Pitcairn Islands
Currency New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Death rate NA deaths/1,000 population
Debt - external $NA
Dependency status overseas territory of the UK
Diplomatic representation from the US none (overseas territory of the UK)
Diplomatic representation in the US none (overseas territory of the UK)
Disputes - international none
Economic aid - recipient $NA
Economy - overview The inhabitants of this tiny economy exist on fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, and postage stamps. The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans. Bartering is an important part of the economy. The major sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors and the sale of handicrafts to passing ships.
Electricity - consumption NA kWh
Electricity - production NA kWh; note - electric power is provided by a small diesel-powered generator
Elevation extremes lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m
Environment - current issues deforestation (only a small portion of the original forest remains because of burning and clearing for settlement)
Ethnic groups descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives
Exchange rates New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 2.3535 (January 2002), 2.3776 (2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8629 (1998), 1.5083 (1997)
Executive branch chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by UK High Commissioner to New Zealand and Governor (nonresident) of the Pitcairn Islands Martin WILLIAMS (since NA May 1998); Commissioner (nonresident) Leon SALT (since NA); serves as liaison between the governor and the Island Council


head of government: Mayor and Chairman of the Island Council Steve CHRISTIAN (since NA)


cabinet: NA


elections: the monarchy is hereditary; high commissioner and commissioner appointed by the monarch; island magistrate elected by popular vote for a three-year term; election last held NA December 1999 (next to be held NA December 2002)


election results: elected mayor; percent of vote - NA%
Exports $NA
Exports - commodities fruits, vegetables, curios, stamps
Exports - partners NA
Fiscal year 1 April - 31 March
Flag description blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms is yellow, green, and light blue with a shield featuring a yellow anchor
GDP purchasing power parity - $NA
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: NA%


industry: NA%


services: NA%
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $NA
GDP - real growth rate NA%
Geographic coordinates 25 04 S, 130 06 W
Geography - note Britain's most isolated dependency; only the larger island of Pitcairn is inhabited but it has no port or natural harbor; supplies must be transported by rowed longboat from larger ships stationed offshore
Highways total: 6.4 km


paved: 0 km


unpaved: 6.4 km
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%: NA%


highest 10%: NA%
Imports $NA
Imports - commodities fuel oil, machinery, building materials, flour, sugar, other foodstuffs
Imports - partners NA
Independence none (overseas territory of the UK)
Industrial production growth rate NA%
Industries postage stamps, handicrafts
Infant mortality rate NA deaths/1,000 live births
Inflation rate (consumer prices) NA%
International organization participation SPC
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) NA
Irrigated land NA sq km
Judicial branch Island Court (island magistrate presides over the court and is elected every three years)
Labor force 12 able-bodied men (1997)
Labor force - by occupation no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
Land boundaries 0 km
Land use arable land: NA%


permanent crops: NA%


other: NA% (1998 est.)
Languages English (official), Pitcairnese (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect)
Legal system local island by-laws
Legislative branch unicameral Island Council (10 seats - 6 elected by popular vote, 1 appointed by the 6 elected members, 2 appointed by the governor, and 1 seat for the Island Secretary; members serve one-year terms)


elections: last held NA December 2001 (next to be held NA December 2002)


election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents
Life expectancy at birth total population: NA years


male: NA years


female: NA years
Literacy NA
Location Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about midway between Peru and New Zealand
Map references Oceania
Maritime claims exclusive economic zone: 200 NM


territorial sea: 3 NM
Merchant marine none (2002 est.)
Military - note defense is the responsibility of the UK
National holiday Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, second Saturday in June (1926)
Nationality noun: Pitcairn Islander(s)


adjective: Pitcairn Islander
Natural hazards typhoons (especially November to March)
Natural resources miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish


note: manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver, and zinc have been discovered offshore
Net migration rate NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Political parties and leaders none
Political pressure groups and leaders none
Population 47 (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line NA%
Population growth rate -1.32% (2002 est.)
Ports and harbors Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios NA
Railways 0 km
Religions Seventh-Day Adventist 100%
Sex ratio NA
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal with three years residency
Telephone system general assessment: only party line telephone service is available for this small, closely related community


domestic: party line service only


international: radiotelephone
Telephones - main lines in use 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (1997)
Television broadcast stations 0 (1997)
Terrain rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs
Total fertility rate NA children born/woman
Unemployment rate NA%
Waterways none
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