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Compare Europa Island (2006) z Norfolk Island (2002)

 Europa Island (2006)Norfolk Island (2002)
 Europa IslandNorfolk Island
Administrative divisions - none (territory of Australia)
Age structure - 0-14 years: 20.2%


15-64 years: 63.9%


65 years and over: 15.9% (1996)
Agriculture - products - Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry
Airports 1 (2006) 1 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways - total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways total: 1


914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
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Area total: 28 sq km


land: 28 sq km


water: 0 sq km
total: 34.6 sq km


land: 34.6 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative about 0.16 times the size of Washington, DC about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
Background A French possession since 1897, the island is heavily wooded; it is the site of a small military garrison that staffs a weather station. Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
Birth rate - NA births/1,000 population
Budget - revenues: $4.6 million


expenditures: $4.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY92/93)
Capital - Kingston
Climate tropical subtropical, mild, little seasonal temperature variation
Coastline 22.2 km 32 km
Constitution - Norfolk Island Act of 1979
Country name conventional long form: none


conventional short form: Europa Island


local long form: none


local short form: Ile Europa
conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island


conventional short form: Norfolk Island
Currency - Australian dollar (AUD)
Death rate - NA deaths/1,000 population
Debt - external - $NA
Dependency status possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands territory of Australia; Canberra administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories
Diplomatic representation from the US - none (territory of Australia)
Diplomatic representation in the US - none (territory of Australia)
Disputes - international claimed by Madagascar none
Economic aid - recipient - $NA
Economy - overview no economic activity Tourism, the primary economic activity, has steadily increased over the years and has brought a level of prosperity unusual among inhabitants of the Pacific islands. The agricultural sector has become self-sufficient in the production of beef, poultry, and eggs.
Electricity - consumption - NA kWh
Electricity - production - NA kWh
Electricity - production by source - fossil fuel: NA%


hydro: NA%


nuclear: NA%


other: NA%
Elevation extremes lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m


highest point: unnamed location 24 m
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: Mount Bates 319 m
Environment - current issues NA NA
Ethnic groups - descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesians
Exchange rates - Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.9354 (January 2002), 1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997)
Executive branch - chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and Australia are represented by Administrator Anthony J. MESSNER (since 4 August 1997)


head of government: Assembly President and Chief Minister Geoffrey Robert GARDNER (since 5 December 2001)


cabinet: Executive Council is made up of four of the nine members of the Legislative Assembly; the council devises government policy and acts as an advisor to the administrator


elections: the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia; chief minister elected by the Legislative Assembly for a term of not more than three years; election last held 29 November 2001 (next to be held by December 2004)


election results: Geoffrey Robert GARDNER elected chief minister; percent of Legislative Assembly vote - NA%
Exports - $1.5 million f.o.b. (FY91/92)
Exports - commodities - postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados
Exports - partners - Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe
Fiscal year - 1 July - 30 June
Flag description the flag of France is used three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band
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 22 20 S, 40 22 E 29 02 S, 167 57 E
Geography - note wildlife sanctuary most of the 32-km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated
Highways - total: 80 km


paved: 53 km


unpaved: 27 km (2001)
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%: NA%


highest 10%: NA%
Imports - $17.9 million c.i.f. (FY91/92)
Imports - commodities - NA
Imports - partners - Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe
Independence - none (territory of Australia)
Industrial production growth rate - NA%
Industries - tourism
Infant mortality rate - NA deaths/1,000 live births
Inflation rate (consumer prices) - NA%
International organization participation - none
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - 2 (2000)
Irrigated land 0 sq km NA sq km
Judicial branch - Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions
Labor force - NA
Labor force - by occupation - tourism NA%, subsistence agriculture NA%
Land boundaries 0 km 0 km
Land use arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2005)
arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (1998 est.)
Languages - English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian
Legal system the laws of France, where applicable, apply based on the laws of Australia, local ordinances and acts; English common law applies in matters not covered by either Australian or Norfolk Island law
Legislative branch - unicameral Legislative Assembly (9 seats; members elected by electors who have nine equal votes each but only four votes can be given to any one candidate; members serve three-year terms)


elections: last held 29 November 2001 (next to be held by December 2004)


election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9
Life expectancy at birth - total population: NA years


male: NA years


female: NA years
Literacy - NA
Location Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about half way between southern Madagascar and southern Mozambique Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Map references Africa Oceania
Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm


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


territorial sea: 12 NM
Merchant marine - none (2002 est.)
Military - note defense is the responsibility of France defense is the responsibility of Australia
National holiday - Pitcairners Arrival Day, 8 June (1856)
Nationality - noun: Norfolk Islander(s)


adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)
Natural hazards NA typhoons (especially May to July)
Natural resources NEGL fish
Net migration rate - NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Political parties and leaders - none
Political pressure groups and leaders - none
Population no indigenous inhabitants


note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2006 est.)
1,866 (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line - NA%
Population growth rate - -0.69% (2002 est.)
Ports and harbors - none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade
Radio broadcast stations - AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios - 2,500 (1996)
Railways - 0 km
Religions - Anglican 37.4%, Uniting Church in Australia 14.5%, Roman Catholic 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, none 12.2%, unknown 17.4%, other 3.9% (1996)
Sex ratio - at birth: NA male(s)/female


under 15 years: NA male(s)/female


15-64 years: NA male(s)/female


65 years and over: NA male(s)/female


total population: NA male(s)/female
Suffrage - 18 years of age; universal
Telephone system - general assessment: adequate


domestic: NA


international: radiotelephone service with Sydney (Australia)
Telephones - main lines in use - 1,087 (1983)
Telephones - mobile cellular - 0 (1983)
Television broadcast stations - 1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (1998)
Terrain low and flat volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
Total fertility rate - NA children born/woman
Unemployment rate - NA%
Waterways - none
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