CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Man, Isle of


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!| Background:
 * Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century when it was ceded to Scotland, the isle came under the British crown in 1765. Current concerns include reviving the almost extinct Manx Gaelic language.
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!| Location: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: water: 0 sq km land: 572 sq km !| Area - comparative: !| Land boundaries: !| Coastline: !| Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm !| Climate: !| Terrain: !| Elevation extremes: highest point: Snaefell 621 m !| Natural resources: !| Land use: permanent crops: 0% other: 91% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (2002) !| Irrigated land: !| Natural hazards: !| Environment - current issues: !| Geography - note:
 * Western Europe, island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland
 * 54 15 N, 4 30 W
 * Europe
 * total: 572 sq km
 * slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC
 * 0 km
 * 160 km
 * territorial sea: 12 nm
 * temperate; cool summers and mild winters; overcast about one-third of the time
 * hills in north and south bisected by central valley
 * lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
 * none
 * arable land: 9%
 * 0 sq km (1998 est.)
 * NA
 * waste disposal (both household and industrial); transboundary air pollution
 * one small islet, the Calf of Man, lies to the southwest, and is a bird sanctuary
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!| Population: !| Age structure: 15-64 years: 65.4% (male 24,527; female 24,302) 65 years and over: 17.1% (male 5,128; female 7,672) (2004 est.) !| Median age: male: 38 years female: 40.8 years (2004 est.) !| Population growth rate: !| Birth rate: !| Death rate: !| Net migration rate: !| Sex ratio: under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) !| Infant mortality rate: female: 4.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 7.08 deaths/1,000 live births !| Life expectancy at birth: male: 74.8 years female: 81.7 years (2004 est.) !| Total fertility rate: !| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: !| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: !| HIV/AIDS - deaths: !| Nationality: adjective: Manx !| Ethnic groups: !| Religions: !| Languages: !| Literacy: total population: NA male: NA female: NA
 * 74,655 (July 2004 est.)
 * 0-14 years: 17.4% (male 6,669; female 6,357)
 * total: 39.3 years
 * 0.53% (2004 est.)
 * 11.28 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 11.35 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 5.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
 * total: 6.05 deaths/1,000 live births
 * total population: 78.16 years
 * 1.65 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 * NA
 * NA
 * NA
 * noun: Manxman (men), Manxwoman (women)
 * Manx (Norse-Celtic descent), Briton
 * Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends
 * English, Manx Gaelic
 * definition: NA
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!| Country name: conventional short form: Isle of Man !| Dependency status: !| Government type: !| Capital: !| Administrative divisions: !| Independence: !| National holiday: !| Constitution: !| Legal system: !| Suffrage: !| Executive branch: election results: Donald GELLING elected chief minister by the Tynwald; note - Richard CORKILL resigned 2 December 2004 elections: the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch for a five-year term; the Chief Minister is elected by the Tynwald; election last held 14 December 2004 (next to be held NA December 2010) head of government: Chief Minister Donald GELLING (since 14 December 2004) cabinet: Council of Ministers !| Legislative branch: elections: House of Keys - last held 22 November 2001 (next to be held NA November 2006) election results: House of Keys - percent of vote by party - Man Labor Party 17.3%, Alliance for Progressive Government 14.6%; seats by party - Man Labor Party 2, Alliance for Progressive Government 3, independents 19 !| Judicial branch: !| Political parties and leaders: note: most members sit as independents !| Political pressure groups and leaders: !| International organization participation: !| Diplomatic representation in the US: !| Diplomatic representation from the US: !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: none
 * British crown dependency
 * parliamentary democracy
 * Douglas
 * none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 24 local authorities each with its own elections
 * none (British crown dependency)
 * Tynwald Day, 5 July
 * unwritten; note - The Isle of Man Constitution Act, 1961, does not embody the unwritten Manx Constitution
 * English common law and Manx statute
 * 18 years of age; universal
 * chief of state: Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor Ian MACFADYEN (since 26 October 2002)
 * bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative Council (an 11-member body composed of the President of Tynwald, the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 others named by the House of Keys) and the House of Keys (24 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
 * High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor)
 * Man Labor Party [leader NA]; Alliance for Progressive Government [leader NA]; Man Nationalist Party [leader NA]
 * none
 * UPU
 * none (British crown dependency)
 * none (British crown dependency)
 * red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (Trinacria), in the center; the three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the knee; in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides of the flag, a two-sided emblem is used
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!| Economy - overview: !| GDP: !| GDP - real growth rate: !| GDP - per capita: !| GDP - composition by sector: industry: 13% services: 86% (2000 est.) !| Population below poverty line: !| Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%: NA !| Inflation rate (consumer prices): !| Labor force: !| Labor force - by occupation: !| Unemployment rate: !| Budget: expenditures: $463 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY00/01 est.) !| Agriculture - products: !| Industries: !| Industrial production growth rate: !| Exports: !| Exports - commodities: !| Exports - partners: !| Imports: !| Imports - commodities: !| Imports - partners: !| Debt - external: !| Economic aid - recipient: !| Currency: !| Currency code: !| Exchange rates: !| Fiscal year:
 * Offshore banking, manufacturing, and tourism are key sectors of the economy. The government's policy of offering incentives to high-technology companies and financial institutions to locate on the island has paid off in expanding employment opportunities in high-income industries. As a result, agriculture and fishing, once the mainstays of the economy, have declined in their shares of GDP. Trade is mostly with the UK. The Isle of Man enjoys free access to EU markets.
 * purchasing power parity - $1.6 billion (2001 est.)
 * 13.5%
 * purchasing power parity - $21,000 (2001 est.)
 * agriculture: 1%
 * NA
 * lowest 10%: NA
 * 3.6% (March 2003 est.)
 * 36,610 (1998)
 * agriculture, forestry and fishing 3%, manufacturing 11%, construction 10%, transport and communication 8%, wholesale and retail distribution 11%, professional and scientific services 18%, public administration 6%, banking and finance 18%, tourism 2%, entertainment and catering 3%, miscellaneous services 10%
 * 0.7% (March 2003)
 * revenues: $485 million
 * cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry
 * financial services, light manufacturing, tourism
 * 3.2% (FY96/97)
 * NA
 * tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb
 * UK (2000)
 * NA
 * timber, fertilizers, fish
 * UK (2000)
 * NA
 * NA
 * British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Manx pound
 * GBP
 * Manx pounds per US dollar - 0.6125 (2003), 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999); the Manx pound is at par with the British pound
 * 1 April - 31 March
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!| Telephones - main lines in use: !| Telephones - mobile cellular: !| Telephone system: domestic: landline, telefax, mobile cellular telephone system international: fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, satellite earth station, submarine cable !| Radio broadcast stations: !| Radios: !| Television broadcast stations: !| Televisions: !| Internet country code: !| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): !| Internet users:
 * 51,000 (1999)
 * NA
 * general assessment: NA
 * AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
 * NA
 * 0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999)
 * 27,490 (1999)
 * .im
 * NA
 * NA
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!| Railways: !| Highways: paved: 800 km unpaved: 0 km (1999) !| Ports and harbors: !| Merchant marine: by type: bulk 25, cargo 40, chemical tanker 25, combination bulk 2, container 19, liquefied gas 31, multi-functional large load carrier 1, petroleum tanker 59, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 17, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 5 registered in other countries: 9 (2004 est.) foreign-owned: Australia 3, Cyprus 4, Denmark 30, Estonia 3, France 1, Germany 57, Greece 8, Hong Kong 11, Iceland 1, Italy 6, Monaco 4, Netherlands 2, New Zealand 1, Norway 10, Singapore 2, Sweden 3, United Kingdom 80, United States 1 !| Airports: !| Airports - with paved runways: 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
 * total: 61 km (35 km electrified) (2003)
 * total: 800 km
 * Castletown, Douglas, Peel, Ramsey
 * total: 226 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,055,436 GRT/9,972,459 DWT
 * 1 (2003 est.)
 * total: 1
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!| Military - note:
 * defense is the responsibility of the UK
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