Compare Paracel Islands (2006) - Guernsey (2005)

Compare Paracel Islands (2006) z Guernsey (2005)

	Paracel Islands (2006)	Guernsey (2005)

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 Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson, Vale, Castel, Saint Saviour, Saint Pierre du Bois, Torteval, Forest, Saint Martin, Saint Andrew
Age structure	-	0-14 years: 15.4% (male 5,084/female 4,937) 15-64 years: 66.9% (male 21,611/female 22,002) 65 years and over: 17.8% (male 4,882/female 6,712) (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products	-	tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Airports	1 (2006)	2 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)	total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Area	total: NA sq km land: NA 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	NA	about one-half 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.	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.
Birth rate	-	9.01 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Budget	-	revenues: $539.2 million expenditures: $448.3 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2002 est.)
Capital	-	Saint Peter Port
Climate	tropical	temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Coastline	518 km	50 km
Constitution	-	unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Paracel Islands	conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey conventional short form: Guernsey
Death rate	-	9.95 deaths/1,000 population (2005 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	occupied by China, also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam	none
Economic aid - recipient	-	NA
Economy - overview	China announced plans in 1997 to open the islands for tourism.	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: South China Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Environment - current issues	NA	NA
Ethnic groups	-	UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries
Exchange rates	-	Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001), 0.6609 (2000) 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 and Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Sir John FOLEY (since NA 2000) 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 (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
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: 3% industry: 10% services: 87% (2000)
GDP - per capita	-	purchasing power parity - $40,000 (2003 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	-	3% (2003 est.)
Geographic coordinates	16 30 N, 112 00 E	49 28 N, 2 35 W
Geography - note	composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group	large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
Highways	-	total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km
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 (regarded as internal trade)
Independence	-	none (British crown dependency)
Industrial production growth rate	-	NA%
Industries	-	tourism, banking
Infant mortality rate	-	total: 4.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	4.9% (2004 est.)
International organization participation	-	UPU
Irrigated land	0 sq km	NA sq km
Judicial branch	-	Royal Court
Labor force	-	32,290 (2001)
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)	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 4 years); note - Alderney and Sark have their own parliaments elections: last held 21 April 2004 (next to be held NA 2008) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents
Life expectancy at birth	-	total population: 80.3 years male: 77.3 years female: 83.41 years (2005 est.)
Literacy	-	definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: 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	Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references	Southeast Asia	Europe
Maritime claims	NA	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
Military - note	occupied by China	defense is the responsibility of the UK
National holiday	-	Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Nationality	-	noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander
Natural hazards	typhoons	NA
Natural resources	none	cropland
Net migration rate	-	3.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Political parties and leaders	-	none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders	-	none
Population	no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons	65,228 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA%
Population growth rate	-	0.29% (2005 est.)
Ports and harbors	-	Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
Radio broadcast stations	-	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Religions	-	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
Sex ratio	-	at birth: 1.03 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 (2005 est.)
Suffrage	-	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	-	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: 1 submarine cable
Telephones - main lines in use	-	55,000 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular	-	31,500 (2001)
Television broadcast stations	-	1 (1997)
Terrain	mostly low and flat	mostly level with low hills in southwest
Total fertility rate	-	1.38 children born/woman (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate	-	0.5% (1999 est.)

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