Compare Paracel Islands (2003) - Norfolk Island (2004)

Compare Paracel Islands (2003) z Norfolk Island (2004)

	Paracel Islands (2003)	Norfolk Island (2004)

Administrative divisions	-	none (territory of Australia)
Age structure	-	0-14 years: 20.2% 15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products	-	Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry
Airports	1 (2002)	1 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Area	total: NA sq km land: NA sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 34.6 sq km land: 34.6 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	NA	about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
Background	The Paracel Islands are surrounded by productive fishing grounds and by potential oil and gas reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Pattle Island; maintenance was continued by its successor, Vietnam. China has occupied the Paracel Islands since 1974, when its troops seized a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. The islands are claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.	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 (2004 est.)
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	518 km	32 km
Constitution	-	Norfolk Island Act of 1979
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Paracel Islands	conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island conventional short form: Norfolk Island
Currency	-	Australian dollar (AUD)
Death rate	-	NA deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Debt - external	-	NA
Dependency status	-	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	occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam	none
Economic aid - recipient	-	NA
Economy - overview	China announced plans in 1997 to open the islands for tourism.	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
Elevation extremes	lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 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 - 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999)
Executive branch	-	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and Australia are represented by Administrator Grant TAMBLING (since 1 November 2003) 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	-	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	16 30 N, 112 00 E	29 02 S, 167 57 E
Geography - note	composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group	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	-	total: NA male: NA female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	NA
International organization participation	-	UPU
Irrigated land	0 sq km (1998 est.)	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% (1998 est.)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)
Languages	-	English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian
Legal system	-	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	Southeastern Asia, group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Map references	Southeast Asia	Oceania
Maritime claims	NA	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Merchant marine	-	none
Military - note	occupied by China	defense is the responsibility of Australia
National holiday	-	Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856)
Nationality	-	noun: Norfolk Islander(s) adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)
Natural hazards	typhoons	typhoons (especially May to July)
Natural resources	none	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 are scattered Chinese garrisons (July 2003 est.)	1,841 (July 2004 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA
Population growth rate	-	-0.01% (2004 est.)
Ports and harbors	small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded	none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade
Radio broadcast stations	-	AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
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	-	NA
Suffrage	-	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	-	general assessment: adequate domestic: NA international: country code - 672; undersea coaxial cable links with Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; satellite service planned for near future
Telephones - main lines in use	-	2,532; note: a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular	-	0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002)
Television broadcast stations	-	1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (1998)
Terrain	mostly low and flat	volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
Total fertility rate	-	NA children born/woman (2004 est.)
Unemployment rate	-	NA
Waterways	none	-

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