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 MonacoGuernsey
Administrative divisions none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are four quarters (quartiers, singular - quartier); Fontvieille, La Condamine, Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 10 parishes including Castel, Forest, Saint Andrew, Saint Martin, Saint Peter Port, Saint Pierre du Bois, Saint Sampson, Saint Saviour, Torteval, Vale
Age structure 0-14 years: 15.5% (male 2,551; female 2,445)


15-64 years: 62.1% (male 9,814; female 10,130)


65 years and over: 22.4% (male 2,937; female 4,253) (2003 est.)
0-14 years: 14.8% (male 4,914/female 4,784)


15-64 years: 67.4% (male 21,897/female 22,298)


65 years and over: 17.8% (male 4,955/female 6,725) (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products none tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Airports none; linked to airport in Nice, France, by helicopter service (2002) 2 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways - total: 2


914 to 1,523 m: 1


under 914 m: 1 (2007)
Area total: 1.95 sq km


land: 1.95 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 three times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC about one-half the size of Washington, DC
Background Economic development was spurred in the late 19th century with a railroad linkup to France and the opening of a casino. Since then, the principality's mild climate, splendid scenery, and gambling facilities have made Monaco world famous as a tourist and recreation center. 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. Guernsey 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.
Birth rate 9.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.) 8.65 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Budget revenues: $518 million


expenditures: $531 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1995)
revenues: $563.6 million


expenditures: $530.9 million (2005 est.)
Capital Monaco name: Saint Peter Port


geographic coordinates: 49 27 N, 2 32 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 Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Coastline 4.1 km 50 km
Constitution 17 December 1962 unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Country name conventional long form: Principality of Monaco


conventional short form: Monaco


local long form: Principaute de Monaco


local short form: Monaco
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey


conventional short form: Guernsey
Currency euro (EUR) -
Death rate 12.82 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) 10.07 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Debt - external $NA $NA
Dependency status - British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US the US does not have an embassy in Monaco; the US Consul General in Marseille (France) is accredited to Monaco none (British crown dependency)
Diplomatic representation in the US Monaco does not have an embassy in the US


consulate(s) general: New York
none (British crown dependency)
Disputes - international none none
Economic aid - recipient $NA $NA
Economy - overview Monaco, situated on the French Mediterranean coast, is a popular resort, attracting tourists to its casino and pleasant climate. In 2001, a major new construction project will extend the pier used by cruise ships in the main harbor. The principality has successfully sought to diversify into services and small, high-value-added, nonpolluting industries. The state has no income tax and low business taxes and thrives as a tax haven both for individuals who have established residence and for foreign companies that have set up businesses and offices. The state retains monopolies in a number of sectors, including tobacco, the telephone network, and the postal service. Living standards are high, roughly comparable to those in prosperous French metropolitan areas. Monaco does not publish national income figures; the estimates below are extremely rough. Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance - account for about 23% of employment and 32% of total income in this tiny, prosperous Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Financial services, construction, retail, and the public sector have been growing. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular tax haven. The evolving economic integration of the EU nations is changing the environment under which Guernsey operates.
Electricity - consumption NA kWh NA kWh
Electricity - exports - 0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports NA kWh


note: electricity supplied by France
0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - production - NA kWh
Elevation extremes lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m


highest point: Mont Agel 140 m
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m


highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Environment - current issues NA NA
Environment - international agreements party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling


signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
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Ethnic groups French 47%, Monegasque 16%, Italian 16%, other 21% UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries
Exchange rates euros per US dollar - 1.06 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs per US dollar - 5.8995 (1998) Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.4993 (2007), 0.5418 (2006), 0.5493 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003)


note: the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound
Executive branch chief of state: Prince RAINIER III (since 9 May 1949); Heir Apparent Prince ALBERT Alexandre Louis Pierre, son of the monarch (born 14 March 1958)


head of government: Minister of State Patrick LECLERCQ (since 5 January 2000)


cabinet: Council of Government is under the authority of the monarch


elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; minister of state appointed by the monarch from a list of three French national candidates presented by the French Government
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor Sir Fabian MALBON (since 28 October 2005)


head of government: Chief Minister Michael W. TORODE (since 5 March 2007)


cabinet: Policy Council elected by the States of Deliberation


elections: the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister is elected by States of Deliberation


election results: Laurie MORGAN elected chief minister, percent of vote of the States of Deliberation NA
Exports $NA; full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates Monegasque trade duties; also participates in EU market system through customs union with France $NA
Exports - commodities - tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables
Exports - partners - UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)
Fiscal year calendar year calendar year
Flag description two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; similar to the flag of Indonesia which is longer and the flag of Poland which is white (top) and red 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 - $870 million (1999 est.) -
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: NA%


industry: NA%


services: NA%
agriculture: 3%


industry: 10%


services: 87% (2000)
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $27,000 (1999 est.) -
GDP - real growth rate NA% 3% (2005 est.)
Geographic coordinates 43 44 N, 7 24 E 49 28 N, 2 35 W
Geography - note second-smallest independent state in the world (after Holy See); almost entirely urban large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
Heliports 1 (shuttle service between the international airport at Nice, France, and Monaco's heliport at Fontvieille) (2002) -
Highways total: 50 km


paved: 50 km


unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%: NA%


highest 10%: NA%
lowest 10%: NA%


highest 10%: NA%
Imports $NA; full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates Monegasque trade duties; also participates in EU market system through customs union with France $NA
Imports - commodities - coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment
Imports - partners - UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)
Independence 1419 (beginning of the rule by the House of Grimaldi) none (British crown dependency)
Industrial production growth rate NA% NA%
Industries tourism, construction, small-scale industrial and consumer products tourism, banking
Infant mortality rate total: 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births


male: 6.52 deaths/1,000 live births


female: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
total: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births


male: 5.12 deaths/1,000 live births


female: 4.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) NA% 3.4% (June 2006)
International organization participation ACCT, ECE, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IFRCS, IHO, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNITAR, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO UPU
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 2 (2000) -
Irrigated land NA sq km NA
Judicial branch Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council) Royal Court
Labor force 30,540 (January 1994) 31,470 (March 2006)
Land boundaries total: 4.4 km


border countries: France 4.4 km
0 km
Land use arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (urban area) (1998 est.)
arable land: NA%


permanent crops: NA%


other: NA%
Languages French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Legal system based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply; justice is administered by the Royal Court
Legislative branch unicameral National Council or Conseil National (24 seats; 16 members elected by list majority system, 8 by proportional representation; to serve five-year terms)


elections: last held 9 February 2003 (next to be held NA February 2008)


election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - UNAM 21, UND 3
unicameral States of Deliberation (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote for four years); note - Alderney and Sark have parliaments


elections: last held 21 April 2004 (next to be held in 2008)


election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents
Life expectancy at birth total population: 79.27 years


male: 75.37 years


female: 83.37 years (2003 est.)
total population: 80.53 years


male: 77.53 years


female: 83.64 years (2007 est.)
Literacy definition: NA


total population: 99%


male: NA%


female: NA%
definition: NA


total population: NA%


male: NA%


female: NA%
Location Western Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea on the southern coast of France, near the border with Italy Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references Europe Europe
Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 NM territorial sea: 3 nm


exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
Merchant marine none (2002 est.) -
Military - note defense is the responsibility of France defense is the responsibility of the UK
National holiday National Day (Prince of Monaco Holiday), 19 November Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Nationality noun: Monegasque(s) or Monacan(s)


adjective: Monegasque or Monacan
noun: Channel Islander(s)


adjective: Channel Islander
Natural hazards NA NA
Natural resources none cropland
Net migration rate 7.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) 3.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Political parties and leaders National and Democratic Union or UND [Jean-Louis CAMPORA]; Union for Monaco or UPM (including National Union for the Future of Monaco or UNAM [leader NA] none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders NA none
Population 32,130 (July 2003 est.) 65,573 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line NA% NA%
Population growth rate 0.44% (2003 est.) 0.239% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors Monaco -
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM NA, shortwave 8 (1998) AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Railways total: 1.7 km


standard gauge: 1.7 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)
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Religions Roman Catholic 90% Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female


under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female


15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female


65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female


total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female


under 15 years: 1.027 male(s)/female


15-64 years: 0.982 male(s)/female


65 years and over: 0.737 male(s)/female


total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Suffrage 21 years of age; universal 18 years of age; universal
Telephone system general assessment: modern automatic telephone system


domestic: NA


international: no satellite earth stations; connected by cable into the French communications system
general assessment: NA


domestic: NA


international: 1 submarine cable
Telephones - main lines in use 31,027 (1995) 45,100 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular NA 43,800 (2004)
Television broadcast stations 5 (1998) 1 (1997)
Terrain hilly, rugged, rocky mostly level with low hills in southwest
Total fertility rate 1.76 children born/woman (2003 est.) 1.4 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate 3.1% (1998) 0.9% (March 2006 est.)
Waterways none -
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