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- Guernsey
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- Affiliation:
- (British crown dependency)
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- Guernsey
- Geography
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- Location:
- Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
- Map references:
- Europe
- Area:
- total area:
- 194 sq km
- land area:
- 194 sq km
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Washington, DC
- note:
- includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 50 km
- Maritime claims:
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 3 nm
- International disputes:
- none
- Climate:
- temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
- Terrain:
- mostly level with low hills in southwest
- Natural resources:
- cropland
- Land use:
- arable land:
- NA%
- permanent crops:
- NA%
- meadows and pastures:
- NA%
- forest and woodland:
- NA%
- other:
- NA%
- Irrigated land:
- NA sq km
- Environment:
- current issues:
- NA
- natural hazards:
- NA
- international agreements:
- NA
- Note:
- large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
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- People
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- Population:
- 64,353 (July 1995 est.)
- Age structure:
- 0-14 years:
- 18% (female 5,664; male 5,892)
- 15-64 years:
- 66% (female 21,574; male 21,030)
- 65 years and over:
- 16% (female 6,059; male 4,134) (July 1995 est.)
- Population growth rate:
- 0.98% (1995 est.)
- Birth rate:
- 13.29 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
- Death rate:
- 9.93 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
- Net migration rate:
- 6.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
- Infant mortality rate:
- 6.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
- Life expectancy at birth:
- total population:
- 78.34 years
- male:
- 75.63 years
- female:
- 81.07 years (1995 est.)
- Total fertility rate:
- 1.7 children born/woman (1995 est.)
- Nationality:
- noun:
- Channel Islander(s)
- adjective:
- Channel Islander
- Ethnic divisions:
- UK and Norman-French descent
- Religions:
- Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
- Languages:
- English, French; Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
- Literacy:
- NA%
- Labor force:
- NA
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- Government
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Guernsey
- conventional short form:
- Guernsey
- Digraph:
- GK
- Type:
- British crown dependency
- Capital:
- Saint Peter Port
- Administrative divisions:
- none (British crown dependency)
- Independence:
- none (British crown dependency)
- National holiday:
- Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
- Constitution:
- unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
- Legal system:
- English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court
- Suffrage:
- 18 years of age; universal
- Executive branch:
- chief of state:
- Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
- head of government:
- Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Vice-Admiral Sir John COWARD
- (since NA 1994); Bailiff Mr. Graham Martyn DOREY (since February 1992)
- cabinet:
- Advisory and Finance Committee (other committees); appointed by the States
- Legislative branch:
- unicameral
- Assembly of the States:
- elections last held NA (next to be held NA); results - no percent of vote by
- party since all are independents; seats - (60 total, 33 elected), all
- independents
- Judicial branch:
- Royal Court
- Political parties and leaders:
- none; all independents
- Member of:
- none
- Diplomatic representation in US:
- none (British crown dependency)
- US diplomatic representation:
- none (British crown dependency)
- Flag:
- white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) extending
- to the edges of the flag
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- Economy
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- Overview:
- Financial services account for more than 50% of total income. Tourism,
- manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been
- declining. Bank profits (1992) registered a record 26% growth. Fund
- management and insurance are the two other major income generators. Per
- capita output and living standards are somewhat lower than the levels of the
- less affluent EU countries.
- National product:
- GDP $NA
- National product real growth rate:
- 9% (1987)
- National product per capita:
- $NA
- Inflation rate (consumer prices):
- 7% (1988)
- Unemployment rate:
- NA%
- Budget:
- revenues:
- $208.9 million
- expenditures:
- $173.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1988)
- Exports:
- $NA
- commodities:
- tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables
- partners:
- UK (regarded as internal trade)
- Imports:
- $NA
- commodities:
- coal, gasoline, and oil
- partners:
- UK (regarded as internal trade)
- External debt:
- $NA
- Industrial production:
- growth rate NA%
- Electricity:
- capacity:
- 173,000 kW
- production:
- 525 million kWh
- consumption per capita:
- 9,060 kWh (1992)
- Industries:
- tourism, banking
- Agriculture:
- tomatoes, flowers (mostly grown in greenhouses), sweet peppers, eggplant,
- other vegetables, fruit; Guernsey cattle
- Economic aid:
- none
- Currency:
- 1 Guernsey (#G) pound = 100 pence
- Exchange rates:
- Guernsey pounds (#G) per US$1 - 0.6350 (January 1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658
- (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603 (1990); note - the Guernsey
- pound is at par with the British pound
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- Economy
- Fiscal year:
- calendar year
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- Transportation
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- Railroads:
- 0 km
- Highways:
- total:
- NA
- paved:
- NA
- unpaved:
- NA
- Ports:
- Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
- Merchant marine:
- none
- Airports:
- total:
- 2
- with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m:
- 1
- with paved runways under 914 m:
- 1
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- Communications
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- Telephone system:
- 41,900 telephones
- local:
- NA
- intercity:
- NA
- international:
- 1 submarine cable
- Radio:
- broadcast stations:
- AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
- radios:
- NA
- Television:
- broadcast stations:
- 1
- televisions:
- NA
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- Guernsey
- Defense Forces
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- Note:
- defense is the responsibility of the UK
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