Compare Pacific Ocean (2008) - Guernsey (2006)

Compare Pacific Ocean (2008) z Guernsey (2006)

	Pacific Ocean (2008)	Guernsey (2006)

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 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% (male 4,998/female 4,842) 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 21,752/female 22,170) 65 years and over: 17.8% (male 4,926/female 6,721) (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products	-	tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Airports	-	2 (one on Alderney) (2006)
Airports - with paved runways	-	total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Area	total: 155.557 million sq km note: includes Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Tonkin, Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, and other tributary water bodies	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 15 times the size of the US; covers about 28% of the global surface; larger than the total land area of the world	about one-half the size of Washington, DC
Background	The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five oceans (followed by the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). Strategically important access waterways include the La Perouse, Tsugaru, Tsushima, Taiwan, Singapore, and Torres Straits. The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of 60 degrees south.	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. Guernsey is a British crown dependency, but is not part of the UK.
Birth rate	-	8.81 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Budget	-	revenues: $539.2 million expenditures: $448.3 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2002)
Capital	-	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	planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December	temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Coastline	135,663 km	50 km
Constitution	-	unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Country name	-	conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey conventional short form: Guernsey
Death rate	-	10.01 deaths/1,000 population (2006 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	some maritime disputes (see littoral states)	none
Economic aid - recipient	-	$NA
Economy - overview	The Pacific Ocean is a major contributor to the world economy and particularly to those nations its waters directly touch. It provides low-cost sea transportation between East and West, extensive fishing grounds, offshore oil and gas fields, minerals, and sand and gravel for the construction industry. In 1996, over 60% of the world's fish catch came from the Pacific Ocean. Exploitation of offshore oil and gas reserves is playing an ever-increasing role in the energy supplies of the US, Australia, NZ, China, and Peru. The high cost of recovering offshore oil and gas, combined with the wide swings in world prices for oil since 1985, has led to fluctuations in new drillings.	Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance - account for about 55% of total income in this tiny, prosperous 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 environment under which Guernsey operates.
Electricity - consumption	-	NA kWh
Electricity - exports	-	0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports	-	0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - production	-	NA kWh
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -10,924 m highest point: sea level 0 m	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Environment - current issues	endangered marine species include the dugong, sea lion, sea otter, seals, turtles, and whales; oil pollution in Philippine Sea and South China Sea	NA
Ethnic groups	-	UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries
Exchange rates	-	Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.55 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001) note: the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound
Executive branch	-	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 Laurie MORGAN (since 1 May 2004) 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 Delibertion election results: Laurie MORGAN elected chief minister, percent of vote of the States of Deliberation NA
Exports	-	$NA
Exports - commodities	-	tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables
Exports - partners	-	UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2004)
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
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: 3% industry: 10% services: 87% (2000)
GDP - real growth rate	-	3% (2003 est.)
Geographic coordinates	0 00 N, 160 00 W	49 28 N, 2 35 W
Geography - note	the major chokepoints are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait, and the Singapore Strait; the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean; dotted with low coral islands and rugged volcanic islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean	large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
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; note - regarded as internal trade (2004)
Independence	-	none (British crown dependency)
Industrial production growth rate	-	NA%
Industries	-	tourism, banking
Infant mortality rate	-	total: 4.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	4.9% (2004 est.)
International organization participation	-	UPU
Irrigated land	-	NA
Judicial branch	-	Royal Court
Labor force	-	32,290 (2001)
Land boundaries	-	0 km
Land use	-	arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%
Languages	-	English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Legal system	-	English law and local statutes; justice is administered by the Royal Court
Legislative branch	-	unicameral States of Deliberation (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote for four years); note - Alderney and Sark have their own 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: 80.42 years male: 77.41 years female: 83.53 years (2006 est.)
Literacy	-	definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
Location	body of water between the Southern Ocean, Asia, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere	Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references	Political Map of the World	Europe
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	surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the "Pacific Ring of Fire"; subject to tropical cyclones (typhoons) in southeast and east Asia from May to December (most frequent from July to October); tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico and strike Central America and Mexico from June to October (most common in August and September); cyclical El Nino/La Nina phenomenon occurs in the equatorial Pacific, influencing weather in the Western Hemisphere and the western Pacific; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme north from October to May; persistent fog in the northern Pacific can be a maritime hazard from June to December	NA
Natural resources	oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish	cropland
Net migration rate	-	3.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Political parties and leaders	-	none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders	-	none
Population	-	65,409 (July 2006 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA%
Population growth rate	-	0.26% (2006 est.)
Radio broadcast stations	-	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
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: 0.73 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Suffrage	-	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	-	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: 1 submarine cable
Telephones - main lines in use	-	55,100 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular	-	43,800 (2004)
Television broadcast stations	-	1 (1997)
Terrain	surface currents in the northern Pacific are dominated by a clockwise, warm-water gyre (broad circular system of currents) and in the southern Pacific by a counterclockwise, cool-water gyre; in the northern Pacific, sea ice forms in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk in winter; in the southern Pacific, sea ice from Antarctica reaches its northernmost extent in October; the ocean floor in the eastern Pacific is dominated by the East Pacific Rise, while the western Pacific is dissected by deep trenches, including the Mariana Trench, which is the world's deepest	mostly level with low hills in southwest
Total fertility rate	-	1.39 children born/woman (2006 est.)
Transportation - note	Inside Passage offers protected waters from southeast Alaska to Puget Sound (Washington state)	-
Unemployment rate	-	0.5% (1999 est.)

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