:Guernsey Geography

Total area:
    194 km2
Land area:
    194 km2; includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller
    islands
Comparative area:
    slightly larger than Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
    none
Coastline:
    50 km
Maritime claims:
  Exclusive fishing zone:
    200 nm
  Territorial sea:
    3 nm
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%; cultivated about 50%
Environment:
    large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
Note:
    52 km west of France

:Guernsey People

Population:
    57,949 (July 1992), growth rate 0.6% (1992)
Birth rate:
    12 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
    11 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
    5 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
    6 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
    72 years male, 78 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
    1.6 children born/woman (1992)
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% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education age 5 to 16
Labor force:
    NA
Organized labor:
    NA

:Guernsey Government

Long-form name:
    Bailiwick of Guernsey
Type:
    British crown dependency
Capital:
    Saint Peter Port
Administrative divisions:
    none (British crown dependency)
Independence:
    none (British crown dependency)
Constitution:
    unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Legal system:
    English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court
National holiday:
    Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Executive branch:
    British monarch, lieutenant governor, bailiff, deputy bailiff
Legislative branch:
    unicameral Assembly of the States
Judicial branch:
    Royal Court
Leaders:
  Chief of State:
    Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
  Head of Government:
    Lieutenant Governor Lt. Gen. Sir Michael WILKINS (since NA 1990); Bailiff
    Mr. Graham Martyn DOREY (since February 1992)
Political parties and leaders:
    none; all independents
Suffrage:
    universal at age 18
Elections:
  Assembly of the States:
    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
Member of:
    none
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

:Guernsey Economy

Overview:
    Tourism is a major source of revenue. Other economic activity includes
    financial services, breeding the world-famous Guernsey cattle, and growing
    tomatoes and flowers for export.
GDP:
    $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate 9% (1987)
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:
    173,000 kW capacity; 525 million kWh produced, 9,340 kWh per capita (1989)
Industries:
    tourism, banking
Agriculture:
    tomatoes, flowers (mostly grown in greenhouses), sweet peppers, eggplant,
    other vegetables and fruit; Guernsey cattle
Economic aid:
    none
Currency:
    Guernsey pound (plural - pounds); 1 Guernsey (#G) pound = 100 pence
Exchange rates:
    Guernsey pounds (#G) per US$1 - 0.5799 (March 1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603
    (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987); note - the Guernsey
    pound is at par with the British pound
Fiscal year:
    calendar year

:Guernsey Communications

Ports:
    Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
Telecommunications:
    broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 41,900 telephones; 1 submarine cable

:Guernsey Defense Forces

Note:
    defense is the responsibility of the UK