CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Guernsey


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!| Background:
 * 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.
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!| Location: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands water: 0 sq km land: 78 sq km !| Area - comparative: !| Land boundaries: !| Coastline: !| Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm !| Climate: !| Terrain: !| Elevation extremes: highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m !| Natural resources: !| Land use: permanent crops: NA other: NA (2001) !| Irrigated land: !| Natural hazards: !| Environment - current issues: !| Geography - note:
 * Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
 * 49 28 N, 2 35 W
 * Europe
 * total: 78 sq km
 * about one-half the size of Washington, DC
 * 0 km
 * 50 km
 * territorial sea: 3 nm
 * temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
 * mostly level with low hills in southwest
 * lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
 * cropland
 * arable land: NA
 * NA sq km
 * NA
 * NA
 * large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
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!| Population: !| Age structure: 15-64 years: 66.7% (male 21,497; female 21,897) 65 years and over: 17.6% (male 4,812; female 6,651) (2004 est.) !| Median age: male: 39.6 years female: 41.5 years (2004 est.) !| Population growth rate: !| Birth rate: !| Death rate: !| Net migration rate: !| Sex ratio: under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2004 est.) !| Infant mortality rate: female: 4.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 5.35 deaths/1,000 live births !| Life expectancy at birth: male: 77.17 years female: 83.27 years (2004 est.) !| Total fertility rate: !| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: !| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: !| HIV/AIDS - deaths: !| Nationality: adjective: Channel Islander !| Ethnic groups: !| Religions: !| Languages: !| Literacy: total population: NA male: NA female: NA
 * 65,031 (July 2004 est.)
 * 0-14 years: 15.6% (male 5,161; female 5,013)
 * total: 40.6 years
 * 0.31% (2004 est.)
 * 9.16 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 9.87 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 3.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
 * total: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births
 * total population: 80.17 years
 * 1.38 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 * NA
 * NA
 * NA
 * noun: Channel Islander(s)
 * UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries
 * Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
 * English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
 * definition: NA
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!| Country name: conventional short form: Guernsey !| Dependency status: !| Government type: !| Capital: !| Administrative divisions: !| Independence: !| National holiday: !| Constitution: !| Legal system: !| Suffrage: !| Executive branch: election results: Laurie MORGAN elected chief minister, percent of vote of the States of Deliberation NA elections: the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister is elected by States of Delibertion head of government: Chief Minister Laurie MORGAN (since 1 May 2004) cabinet: Policy Council elected by the States of Deliberation !| Legislative branch: elections: last held 21 April 2004 (next to be held NA 2008) election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents !| Judicial branch: !| Political parties and leaders: !| Political pressure groups and leaders: !| International organization participation: !| Diplomatic representation in the US: !| Diplomatic representation from the US: !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey
 * British crown dependency
 * NA
 * Saint Peter Port
 * 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
 * none (British crown dependency)
 * Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
 * unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
 * English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court
 * 18 years of age; universal
 * 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)
 * unicameral States of Deliberation (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote for 4 years); note - Alderney and Sark have their own parliaments
 * Royal Court
 * none; all independents
 * none
 * UPU
 * none (British crown dependency)
 * none (British crown dependency)
 * 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
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!| Economy - overview: !| GDP: !| GDP - real growth rate: !| GDP - per capita: !| GDP - composition by sector: industry: 10% services: 87% (2000) !| Population below poverty line: !| Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%: NA !| Inflation rate (consumer prices): !| Labor force: !| Unemployment rate: !| Budget: expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.) !| Agriculture - products: !| Industries: !| Industrial production growth rate: !| Electricity - production: !| Electricity - consumption: !| Electricity - exports: !| Electricity - imports: !| Exports: !| Exports - commodities: !| Exports - partners: !| Imports: !| Imports - commodities: !| Imports - partners: !| Debt - external: !| Economic aid - recipient: !| Currency: !| Currency code: !| Exchange rates: !| Fiscal year:
 * Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance, etc. - account for about 55% of total income in this tiny 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.
 * purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (1999 est.)
 * 5.7% (1999 est.)
 * purchasing power parity - $20,000 (1999 est.)
 * agriculture: 3%
 * NA
 * lowest 10%: NA
 * 4% (2000 est.)
 * 31,320 (2000)
 * 0.5% (1999 est.)
 * revenues: $381.3 million
 * tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle
 * tourism, banking
 * NA
 * NA kWh
 * NA kWh
 * 0 kWh (2002)
 * 0 kWh (2002)
 * NA
 * tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables
 * UK (regarded as internal trade)
 * NA
 * coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment
 * UK (regarded as internal trade)
 * NA
 * NA
 * British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Guernsey pound
 * GBP
 * Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998); note - the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound
 * calendar year
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!| Telephones - main lines in use: !| Telephones - mobile cellular: !| Telephone system: domestic: NA international: 1 submarine cable !| Radio broadcast stations: !| Radios: !| Television broadcast stations: !| Televisions: !| Internet country code: !| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): !| Internet users:
 * 55,000 (2001)
 * 31,500 (2001)
 * general assessment: NA
 * AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
 * NA
 * 1 (1997)
 * NA
 * .gg
 * NA
 * NA
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!| Highways: paved: NA km unpaved: NA km !| Ports and harbors: !| Merchant marine: !| Airports: !| Airports - with paved runways: 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
 * total: NA km
 * Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
 * none
 * 2 (2003 est.)
 * total: 2
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!| Military - note:
 * defense is the responsibility of the UK
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