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 Baker IslandGuernsey
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: 15.8% (male 5,216; female 5,061)


15-64 years: 66.8% (male 21,433; female 21,835)


65 years and over: 17.4% (male 4,705; female 6,568) (2003 est.)
Agriculture - products - tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Airports 1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m, completely covered with vegetation and unusable (2003 est.) 2 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways - total: 2


914 to 1,523 m: 1


under 914 m: 1 (2002)
Area total: 1.4 sq km


land: 1.4 sq km


water: 0 sq km		 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 2.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC about one-half the size of Washington, DC
Background The US took possession of the island in 1857, and its guano deposits were mined by US and British companies during the second half of the 19th century. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at colonization was begun on this island - as well as on nearby Howland Island - but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned. Presently the island is a National Wildlife Refuge run by the US Department of the Interior; a day beacon is situated near the middle of the west coast. 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 - 9.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Budget - revenues: $381.3 million


expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Capital - Saint Peter Port
Climate equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Coastline 4.8 km 50 km
Constitution - unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Country name conventional long form: none


conventional short form: Baker Island		 conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey


conventional short form: Guernsey
Currency - British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Guernsey pound
Death rate - 9.84 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Debt - external - $NA
Dependency status unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US - none (British crown dependency)
Diplomatic representation in the US - none (British crown dependency)
Disputes - international none none
Economic aid - recipient - $NA
Economy - overview no economic activity 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 rules of the game under which Guernsey operates.
Electricity - consumption - NA kWh
Electricity - exports - 0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports - 0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - production - NA kWh
Electricity - production by source - fossil fuel: 0%


hydro: 0%


nuclear: 0%


other: 0%
Elevation extremes lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: unnamed location 8 m		 lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m


highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Environment - current issues no natural fresh water resources NA
Ethnic groups - UK and Norman-French descent
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)


head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Sir John FOLEY (since NA 2000) and Bailiff de Vic Graham CAREY (since NA 1999)


cabinet: Advisory and Finance Committee appointed by the Assembly of the States


elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; bailiff appointed by the monarch
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 the flag of the US is used 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 0 13 N, 176 31 W 49 28 N, 2 35 W
Geography - note treeless, sparse, and scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, prostrate vines, and low growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife 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 - $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: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births


male: 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births


female: 4.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) - 3.99% (2000 est.)
International organization participation - none
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - NA
Irrigated land 0 sq km (1998 est.) NA sq km
Judicial branch - Royal Court
Labor force - 31,322 (2000)
Land boundaries 0 km 0 km
Land use arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (2001)		 arable land: NA%


permanent crops: NA%


other: NA%
Languages - English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Legal system the laws of the US, where applicable, apply English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court
Legislative branch - unicameral Assembly of the States; consists of the bailiff, 10 Douzaine (parish council) representatives, 45 people's deputies elected by popular vote, 2 representatives from Alderney, Her Majesty's Procureur (Attorney General), Her Majesty's Comptroller (Solicitor General) and Her Majesty's Greffier (Court Recorder and Registrar General); note - Alderney and Sark have their own parliaments


elections: last held 12 April 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)


election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents
Life expectancy at birth - total population: 80.04 years


male: 77.04 years


female: 83.14 years (2003 est.)
Literacy - definition: NA


total population: NA%


male: NA%


female: NA%
Location Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references Oceania Europe
Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive economic zone: 200 nm		 exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM


territorial sea: 3 NM
Merchant marine - none (2002 est.)
Military - note defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast Guard defense is the responsibility of the UK
National holiday - Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Nationality - noun: Channel Islander(s)


adjective: Channel Islander
Natural hazards the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard NA
Natural resources guano (deposits worked until 1891), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife cropland
Net migration rate - 3.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Political parties and leaders - none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders - none
Population uninhabited


note: American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during World War II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; a cemetery and remnants of structures from early settlement are located near the middle of the west coast; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service (2004 est.)		 64,818 (July 2003 est.)
Population below poverty line - NA%
Population growth rate - 0.34% (2003 est.)
Ports and harbors none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
Radio broadcast stations - AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Railways - 5 km
Religions - Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
Sex ratio - at birth: 1.04 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 (2003 est.)
Suffrage - 18 years of age; universal
Telephone system - general assessment: NA


domestic: NA


international: 1 submarine cable
Telephones - main lines in use - 44,000 (1996)
Telephones - mobile cellular - 12,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations - 1 (1997)
Terrain low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef mostly level with low hills in southwest
Total fertility rate - 1.37 children born/woman (2003 est.)
Transportation - note there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast -
Unemployment rate - 0.5% (1999 est.)
Waterways - none
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