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179 lines
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GUERNSEY
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(British crown dependency)
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GEOGRAPHY
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Total area: 194 km2; land area: 194 km2; includes Alderney,
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Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
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Comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC
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Land boundaries: none
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Coastline: 50 km
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Maritime claims:
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Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;
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Territorial sea: 3 nm
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Climate: temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of
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days are overcast
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Terrain: mostly level with low hills in southwest
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Natural resources: cropland
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Land use: arable land NA%; permanent crops NA%; meadows and
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pastures NA%; forest and woodland NA%; other NA%; cultivated about 50%
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Environment: large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
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Note: 52 km west of France
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PEOPLE
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Population: 57,596 (July 1991), growth rate 0.6% (1991)
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Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991)
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Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
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Net migration rate: 5 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
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Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
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Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1991)
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Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1991)
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Nationality: noun--Channel Islander(s); adjective--Channel Islander
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Ethnic divisions: UK and Norman-French descent
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Religion: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist,
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Congregational, Methodist
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Language: English, French; Norman-French dialect spoken in country
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districts
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Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education
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age 5 to 16
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Labor force: NA
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Organized labor: NA
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GOVERNMENT
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Long-form name: Bailiwick of Guernsey
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Type: British crown dependency
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Capital: Saint Peter Port
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Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)
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Independence: none (British crown dependency)
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Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and
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practice
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Legal system: English law and local statute; justice is
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administered by the Royal Court
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National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
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Executive branch: British monarch, lieutenant governor, bailiff,
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deputy bailiff
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Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the States
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Judicial branch: Royal Court
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Leaders:
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Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);
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Head of Government--Lieutenant Governor Lt. Gen. Sir Michael
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WILKINS (since 1990); Bailiff Sir Charles FROSSARD (since 1982)
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Political parties and leaders: none; all independents
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Suffrage: universal at age 18
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Elections:
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Assembly of the States--last held NA (next to be held NA);
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results--percent of vote NA;
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seats--(60 total, 33 elected), all independents
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Communists: none
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Member of: none
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Diplomatic representation: none (British crown dependency)
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Flag: white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of
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England) extending to the edges of the flag
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ECONOMY
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Overview: Tourism is a major source of revenue. Other economic
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activity includes financial services, breeding the world-famous
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Guernsey cattle, and growing tomatoes and flowers for export.
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GDP: $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate 9% (1987)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (1988)
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Unemployment rate: NA%
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Budget: revenues $208.9 million; expenditures $173.9 million,
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including capital expenditures of NA (1988)
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Exports: $NA;
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commodities--tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant,
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other vegetables;
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partners--UK (regarded as internal trade)
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Imports: $NA;
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commodities--coal, gasoline and oil;
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partners--UK (regarded as internal trade)
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External debt: $NA
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Industrial production: growth rate NA%
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Electricity: 173,000 kW capacity; 525 million kWh produced,
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9,340 kWh per capita (1989)
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Industries: tourism, banking
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Agriculture: tomatoes, flowers (mostly grown in greenhouses),
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sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables and fruit; Guernsey cattle
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Economic aid: none
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Currency: Guernsey pound (plural--pounds);
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1 Guernsey (LG) pound = 100 pence
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Exchange rates: Guernsey pounds (LG) per US$1--0.5171 (January
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1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987), 0.6817
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(1986), 0.7714 (1985); note--the Guernsey pound is at par with the
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British pound
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Fiscal year: calendar year
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COMMUNICATIONS
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Ports: Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
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Airport: 1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m (La
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Villiaze)
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Telecommunications: stations--1 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 41,900
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telephones; 1 submarine cable
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DEFENSE FORCES
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Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK
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