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Compare South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (2001) z Jersey (2001)

 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (2001)Jersey (2001)
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsJersey
Administrative divisions - none (British crown dependency)
Age structure - 0-14 years:
17.77% (male 8,214; female 7,667)

15-64 years:
67.59% (male 30,065; female 30,331)

65 years and over:
14.64% (male 5,603; female 7,481) (2001 est.)
Agriculture - products - potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products
Airports none 1 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways - total:
1

1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (2000 est.)
Area total:
3,903 sq km

land:
3,903 sq km

water:
0 sq km

note:
includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist of some nine islands		 total:
116 sq km

land:
116 sq km

water:
0 sq km
Area - comparative slightly larger than Rhode Island about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Background The islands lie approximately 1,000 km east of the Falkland Islands. Grytviken, on South Georgia, was a 19th and early 20th century whaling station. The famed explorer Ernest SHACKLETON stopped there in 1914 en route to his ill-fated attempt to cross Antarctica on foot. He returned some 20 months later with a few companions in a small boat and arranged a successful rescue for the rest of his crew, stranded off the Antarctic Peninsula. He died in 1922 on a subsequent expedition and is buried in Grytviken. Today, the station houses a small military garrison. The islands have large bird and seal populations and, recognizing the importance of preserving the marine stocks in adjacent waters, the UK, in 1993, extended the exclusive fishing zone from 12 miles to 200 miles around each island. The island of 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.
Birth rate - 11.28 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Budget revenues:
$291,777

expenditures:
$451,000, including capital expenditures of $NA (1988 est.)		 revenues:
$601 million

expenditures:
$588 million, including capital expenditures of $98 million (2000 est.)
Capital - Saint Helier
Climate variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow temperate; mild winters and cool summers
Coastline NA km 70 km
Constitution adopted 3 October 1985 unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Country name conventional long form:
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

conventional short form:
none		 conventional long form:
Bailiwick of Jersey

conventional short form:
Jersey
Currency - British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Jersey pound
Death rate - 9.27 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Debt - external - none
Dependency status overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands by UK civil commissioner Donald A. LAMONT, representing Queen ELIZABETH II; Grytviken, formerly a whaling station on South Georgia, is the garrison town British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US none (overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina) none (British crown dependency)
Diplomatic representation in the US none (overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina) none (British crown dependency)
Disputes - international claimed by Argentina none
Economic aid - recipient - none
Economy - overview Some fishing takes place in adjacent waters. There is a potential source of income from harvesting fin fish and krill. The islands receive income from postage stamps produced in the UK. The economy is based largely on international financial services, agriculture, and tourism. 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. In 1996 the finance sector accounted for about 60% of the island's output. Tourism, another mainstay of the economy, accounts for 24% 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.
Electricity - consumption NA kWh -
Electricity - imports - NA kWh

note:
electricity supplied by France
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
NA%

hydro:
NA%

nuclear:
NA%

other:
NA%		 -
Elevation extremes lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:
Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m		 lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point:
unnamed location 143 m
Environment - current issues NA NA
Ethnic groups - UK and Norman-French descent
Exchange rates - Jersey pounds per US dollar - 0.6764 (January 2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997), 0.6403 (1996); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound
Executive branch - chief of state:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)

head of government:
Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Air Chief Marshall Sir John CHESHIRE (since 24 January 2001) and Bailiff Philip Martin BAILHACHE (since NA February 1995)

cabinet:
committees appointed by the Assembly of the States

elections:
none; 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
Fiscal year - 1 April - 31 March
Flag description the flag of the UK is used white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag and in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a red shield holding the three lions of England in yellow
GDP - purchasing power parity - $2.2 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector - agriculture:
5%

industry:
2%

services:
93% (1996)
GDP - per capita - purchasing power parity - $24,800 (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate - NA%
Geographic coordinates 54 30 S, 37 00 W 49 15 N, 2 10 W
Geography - note the north coast of South Georgia has several large bays, which provide good anchorage; reindeer, introduced early in this century, live on South Georgia largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier
Highways - total:
577 km (1995)

paved:
NA km

unpaved:
NA km
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
Independence - none (British crown dependency)
Industrial production growth rate - NA%
Industries - tourism, banking and finance, dairy
Infant mortality rate - 5.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) - 4.7% (1998)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - NA
Irrigated land 0 sq km (1993) NA sq km
Judicial branch - Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)
Labor force - 57,050 (1996)
Land boundaries 0 km 0 km
Land use arable land:
0%

permanent crops:
0%

permanent pastures:
0%

forests and woodland:
0%

other:
100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen)		 arable land:
66%

permanent crops:
0%

permanent pastures:
0%

forests and woodland:
0%

other:
34%
Languages - English (official), French (official), Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Legal system the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply English law and local statute
Legislative branch - unicameral Assembly of the States (55 voting members - 12 senators, 12 constables or heads of parishes, 29 deputies; all elected for six-year terms, half elected every third year; the bailiff and the deputy bailiff; and 3 non-voting members - the Dean of Jersey, the Attorney General and the Solicitor General all appointed by the monarch

elections:
last held NA (next to be held NA)

election results:
percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 52
Life expectancy at birth - total population:
78.63 years

male:
76.21 years

female:
81.23 years (2001 est.)
Literacy - definition:
NA

total population:
NA

male:
NA

female:
NA
Location Southern South America, islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of the tip of South America Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references Antarctic Region Europe
Maritime claims exclusive fishing zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
12 NM		 exclusive fishing zone:
12 NM

territorial sea:
3 NM
Merchant marine - none (2000 est.)
Military - note defense is the responsibility of the UK defense is the responsibility of the UK
National holiday Liberation Day, 14 June (1982) Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Nationality - noun:
Channel Islander(s)

adjective:
Channel Islander
Natural hazards the South Sandwich Islands have prevailing weather conditions that generally make them difficult to approach by ship; they are also subject to active volcanism NA
Natural resources fish arable land
Net migration rate - 2.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Political parties and leaders - none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders - none
Population no indigenous inhabitants

note:
the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001, to be replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the British Antarctic Survey which also has a biological station on Bird Island; the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited (July 2001 est.)		 89,361 (July 2001 est.)
Population below poverty line - NA%
Population growth rate - 0.48% (2001 est.)
Ports and harbors Grytviken Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier
Radio broadcast stations none AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios - NA
Railways - 0 km
Religions - Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian
Sex ratio - at birth:
1.08 male(s)/female

under 15 years:
1.07 male(s)/female

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

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

total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Suffrage - NA years of age; universal adult
Telephone system general assessment:
NA

domestic:
NA

international:
coastal radiotelephone station at Grytviken		 general assessment:
NA

domestic:
NA

international:
3 submarine cables
Telephones - main lines in use - 65,500 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular - 4,400 (1997)
Television broadcast stations 0 (1997) 1 (1997)
Terrain most of the islands, rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous; South Georgia is largely barren and has steep, glacier-covered mountains; the South Sandwich Islands are of volcanic origin with some active volcanoes gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast
Total fertility rate - 1.56 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Unemployment rate - 0.7% (1998 est.)
Waterways none none
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