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GUERNSEY

 (British crown dependency) 

@Guernsey:Geography

 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

@Guernsey:People

 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

@Guernsey:Government

 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

Economy

 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

 Fiscal year: calendar year

@Guernsey:Transportation

 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

@Guernsey:Communications

 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

@Guernsey:Defense Forces

 Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK


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