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| Guernsey (2001) | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2005) | |
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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 St. Peter Port, St. Sampson, Vale, Castel, St. Saviour, St. Pierre du Bois, Torteval, Forest, St. Martin, St. Andrew | - |
| Age structure | 0-14 years:
16.22% (male 5,285; female 5,151) 15-64 years: 66.67% (male 21,264; female 21,630) 65 years and over: 17.11% (male 4,546; female 6,466) (2001 est.) |
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| Agriculture - products | tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle | - |
| Airports | 2 (2000 est.) | - |
| Airports - with paved runways | total:
2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.) |
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| Area | total:
194 sq km land: 194 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands |
total: 412 sq km
land: 412 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly larger than Washington, DC | slightly more than two times 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. | These uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred from the UK to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve. |
| Birth rate | 9.9 births/1,000 population (2001 est.) | - |
| Budget | revenues:
$381.3 million expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) |
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| Capital | Saint Peter Port | - |
| Climate | temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast | antarctic |
| Coastline | 50 km | 101.9 km |
| Constitution | unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice | - |
| Country name | conventional long form:
Bailiwick of Guernsey conventional short form: Guernsey |
conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
| Currency | British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Guernsey pound | - |
| Death rate | 9.87 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.) | - |
| Debt - external | $NA | - |
| Dependency status | British crown dependency | territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage |
| Diplomatic representation from the US | none (British crown dependency) | none (territory of Australia) |
| Diplomatic representation in the US | none (British crown dependency) | none (territory of Australia) |
| Disputes - international | none | 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 rules of the game under which Guernsey operates. | No indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing around the islands. |
| Electricity - consumption | NA kWh | - |
| Electricity - exports | NA kWh | - |
| Electricity - imports | NA kWh | - |
| Electricity - production | NA kWh | - |
| Electricity - production by source | fossil fuel:
NA% hydro: NA% nuclear: NA% other: NA% |
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| Elevation extremes | lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m |
| Environment - current issues | NA | NA |
| Ethnic groups | UK and Norman-French descent | - |
| Exchange rates | Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.6764 (January 2001), 0.6596 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997), 0.6403 (1996); 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 G. CAREY (since NA) 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 |
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| 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 | the flag of Australia is used |
| GDP | purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (1999 est.) | - |
| GDP - composition by sector | agriculture:
3% industry: 10% services: 87% (2000) |
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| 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 | 53 06 S, 72 31 E |
| Geography - note | large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port | - |
| Highways | total:
NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
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| Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%:
NA% highest 10%: NA% |
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| 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 | 5 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.) | - |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) | 3.99% (2000 est.) | - |
| International organization participation | none | - |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) | NA | - |
| Irrigated land | NA sq km | 0 sq km |
| Judicial branch | Royal Court | - |
| Labor force | 31,322 (2000) | - |
| Land boundaries | 0 km | 0 km |
| Land use | arable land:
NA% permanent crops: NA% permanent pastures: NA% forests and woodland: NA% other: NA% |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (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 | the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply |
| Legislative branch | unicameral Assembly of the States; consists of the Bailiff, 10 Douzaine (parish council) representatives, 45 People's Deputies elected by popular franchise, 2 Alderney representatives, HM Procureur (Attorney General), HM Comptroller (Solicitor General) and HM Greffier (Court Recorder and Registrar General)
elections: last held 12 April 2000 (next to be held NA 2006) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population:
79.78 years male: 76.78 years female: 82.88 years (2001 est.) |
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| Literacy | definition:
NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA% |
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| Location | Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France | islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica |
| Map references | Europe | Antarctic Region |
| Maritime claims | exclusive fishing zone:
12 NM territorial sea: 3 NM |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm |
| Merchant marine | none (2000 est.) | - |
| Military - note | defense is the responsibility of the UK | defense is the responsibility of Australia; Australia conducts fisheries patrols |
| National holiday | Liberation Day, 9 May (1945) | - |
| Nationality | noun:
Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander |
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| Natural hazards | NA | Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island |
| Natural resources | cropland | fish |
| Net migration rate | 3.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.) | - |
| Political parties and leaders | none; all independents | - |
| Political pressure groups and leaders | none | - |
| Population | 64,342 (July 2001 est.) | uninhabited (July 2005 est.) |
| Population below poverty line | NA% | - |
| Population growth rate | 0.39% (2001 est.) | - |
| Ports and harbors | Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson | none; offshore anchorage only |
| Radio broadcast stations | AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) | - |
| Radios | NA | - |
| Railways | 0 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: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2001 est.) |
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| Suffrage | 18 years of age; universal | - |
| Telephone system | general assessment:
NA domestic: NA international: 1 submarine cable |
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| Telephones - main lines in use | 44,000 (1996) | - |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | 12,000 (1997) | - |
| Television broadcast stations | 1 (1997) | - |
| Terrain | mostly level with low hills in southwest | Heard Island - 80% ice-covered, bleak and mountainous, dominated by a large massif (Big Ben) and an active volcano (Mawson Peak); McDonald Islands - small and rocky |
| Total fertility rate | 1.36 children born/woman (2001 est.) | - |
| Unemployment rate | 0.5% (1999 est.) | - |
| Waterways | none | - |
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