Compare Jersey (2007) - Arctic Ocean (2007)

Compare Jersey (2007) z Arctic Ocean (2007)

	Jersey (2007)	Arctic Ocean (2007)

Administrative divisions	none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 12 parishes including Grouville, Saint Brelade, Saint Clement, Saint Helier, Saint John, Saint Lawrence, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, Saint Quen, Saint Peter, Saint Saviour, and Trinity	-
Age structure	0-14 years: 16.9% (male 8,003/female 7,428) 15-64 years: 67.3% (male 30,586/female 30,853) 65 years and over: 15.8% (male 6,388/female 8,063) (2007 est.)	-
Agriculture - products	potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products	-
Airports	1 (2007)	-
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)	-
Area	total: 116 sq km land: 116 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 14.056 million sq km note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies
Area - comparative	about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC	slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US
Background	Jersey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy that held sway in both France and England. These islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II. Jersey is a British crown dependency, but is not part of the UK. However, the UK Government is constitutionally responsible for its defense and international representation.	The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the recently delimited Southern Ocean). The Northwest Passage (US and Canada) and Northern Sea Route (Norway and Russia) are two important seasonal waterways. A sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes circumscribes the Arctic Ocean.
Birth rate	9.02 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)	-
Budget	revenues: $829 million expenditures: $851 million (2005)	-
Capital	name: Saint Helier geographic coordinates: 49 11 N, 2 06 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October	-
Climate	temperate; mild winters and cool summers	polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow
Coastline	70 km	45,389 km
Constitution	unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice	-
Country name	conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey conventional short form: Jersey	-
Death rate	9.32 deaths/1,000 population (2007 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	some maritime disputes (see littoral states)
Economy - overview	Jersey's economy is based on international financial services, agriculture, and tourism. In 2005 the finance sector accounted for about 50% of the island's output. Potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes, and especially flowers are important export crops, shipped mostly to the UK. The Jersey breed of dairy cattle is known worldwide and represents an important export income earner. Milk products go to the UK and other EU countries. Tourism accounts for one-quarter of GDP. In recent years, the government has encouraged light industry to locate in Jersey, with the result that an electronics industry has developed alongside the traditional manufacturing of knitwear. All raw material and energy requirements are imported, as well as a large share of Jersey's food needs. Light taxes and death duties make the island a popular tax haven. Living standards come close to those of the UK.	Economic activity is limited to the exploitation of natural resources, including petroleum, natural gas, fish, and seals.
Electricity - consumption	630.1 million kWh (2004 est.)	-
Electricity - imports	NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by France	-
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 143 m	lowest point: Fram Basin -4,665 m highest point: sea level 0 m
Environment - current issues	NA	endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage; thinning polar icepack
Ethnic groups	Jersey 51.1%, Britons 34.8%, Irish, French, and other white 6.6%, Portuguese/Madeiran 6.4%, other 1.1% (2001 census)	-
Exchange rates	Jersey pounds per US dollar - 0.5418 (2006), 0.5493 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002) note: the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound	-
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant Governor Andrew RIDGEWAY (since 14 June 2006) head of government: Chief Minister Frank WALKER (since December 2005); Bailiff Philip Martin BAILHACHE (since February 1995) cabinet: Cabinet (since December 2005) elections: ministers of the Cabinet including the chief minister are elected by the Assembly of States; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch	-
Exports	$NA	-
Exports - commodities	light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs, textiles	-
Exports - partners	UK (2006)	-
Fiscal year	1 April - 31 March	-
Flag description	white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag; in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a red shield with the three lions of England in yellow	-
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 1% industry: 2% services: 97% (2005)	-
GDP - real growth rate	NA%	-
Geographic coordinates	49 15 N, 2 10 W	90 00 N, 0 00 E
Geography - note	largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier	major chokepoint is the southern Chukchi Sea (northern access to the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait); strategic location between North America and Russia; shortest marine link between the extremes of eastern and western Russia; floating research stations operated by the US and Russia; maximum snow cover in March or April about 20 to 50 centimeters over the frozen ocean; snow cover lasts about 10 months
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%	-
Imports	$NA	-
Imports - commodities	machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals	-
Imports - partners	UK (2006)	-
Independence	none (British crown dependency)	-
Industrial production growth rate	NA%	-
Industries	tourism, banking and finance, dairy, electronics	-
Infant mortality rate	total: 5.08 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)	-
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	3.7% (December 2006)	-
Irrigated land	NA	-
Judicial branch	Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)	-
Labor force	53,560 (June 2006)	-
Land boundaries	0 km	-
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)	-
Languages	English 94.5% (official), Portuguese 4.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)	-
Legal system	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply and local statutes; justice is administered by the Royal Court	-
Legislative branch	unicameral Assembly of the States of Jersey (58 seats; 55 are voting members, of which 12 are senators elected for six-year terms, 12 are constables or heads of parishes elected for three-year terms, 29 are deputies elected for three-year terms, the bailiff and the deputy bailiff, and 3 non-voting members includes the Dean of Jersey, the Attorney General, and the Solicitor General appointed by the monarch) elections: last held 19 October 2005 for senators and 23 November 2005 for deputies (next to be held in 2008) election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 55	-
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 79.51 years male: 77.02 years female: 82.2 years (2007 est.)	-
Literacy	definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%	-
Location	Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France	body of water between Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle
Map references	Europe	Arctic Region
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm	-
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	ice islands occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island; icebergs calved from glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada; permafrost in islands; virtually ice locked from October to June; ships subject to superstructure icing from October to May
Natural resources	arable land	sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales)
Net migration rate	2.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)	-
Political parties and leaders	two declared parties: Centre Party; Jersey Democratic Alliance note: all senators and deputies elected in 2005 were independents	-
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	-
Population	91,321 (July 2007 est.)	-
Population below poverty line	NA%	-
Population growth rate	0.244% (2007 est.)	-
Radio broadcast stations	AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)	-
Religions	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian	-
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.077 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.991 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.792 male(s)/female total population: 0.971 male(s)/female (2007 est.)	-
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	-
Telephone system	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: submarine cable connectivity to Guernsey and UK	-
Telephones - main lines in use	73,900 (2001)	-
Telephones - mobile cellular	83,900 (2004)	-
Television broadcast stations	2 (1997)	-
Terrain	gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast	central surface covered by a perennial drifting polar icepack that, on average, is about 3 meters thick, although pressure ridges may be three times that thickness; clockwise drift pattern in the Beaufort Gyral Stream, but nearly straight-line movement from the New Siberian Islands (Russia) to Denmark Strait (between Greenland and Iceland); the icepack is surrounded by open seas during the summer, but more than doubles in size during the winter and extends to the encircling landmasses; the ocean floor is about 50% continental shelf (highest percentage of any ocean) with the remainder a central basin interrupted by three submarine ridges (Alpha Cordillera, Nansen Cordillera, and Lomonosov Ridge)
Total fertility rate	1.58 children born/woman (2007 est.)	-
Transportation - note	-	sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes; the Northwest Passage (North America) and Northern Sea Route (Eurasia) are important seasonal waterways
Unemployment rate	2.2% (2006 est.)	-

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