_#_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
_*_People
_#_Population: 57,596 (July 1991), growth rate 0.6% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 5 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun--Channel Islander(s); adjective--Channel Islander
_#_Ethnic divisions: UK and Norman-French descent
_#_Religion: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist,
Congregational, Methodist
_#_Language: 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
_*_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 1990); Bailiff Sir Charles FROSSARD (since 1982)
_#_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--percent of vote NA;
seats--(60 total, 33 elected), all independents
_#_Communists: none
_#_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
_*_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 (5G) pound = 100 pence
_#_Exchange rates: Guernsey pounds (5G) per US$1--0.5171 (January
1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987), 0.6817
(1986), 0.7714 (1985); note--the Guernsey pound is at par with the
British pound
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*_Communications
_#_Ports: Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
_#_Airport: 1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m (La
Villiaze)
_#_Telecommunications: stations--1 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 41,900
telephones; 1 submarine cable
_*_Defense Forces
_#_Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK
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_@_Guinea
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 245,860 km2; land area: 245,860 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Oregon
_#_Land boundaries: 3,399 km total; Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Ivory Coast
610 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km
_#_Coastline: 320 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;