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СКАЧАТЬ NA sq km

      Natural hazards:

       NA

      Environment - current issues:

       NA

      Geography - note:

       large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port

      People Guernsey

      Population:

       64,818 (July 2003 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 15.8% (male 5,216; female 5,061)

       15–64 years: 66.8% (male 21,433; female 21,835)

       65 years and over: 17.4% (male 4,705; female 6,568) (2003 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 40.2 years

       male: 39.3 years

       female: 41.1 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       0.34% (2003 est.)

      Birth rate:

       9.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Death rate:

       9.84 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       3.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female

       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 (2003 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 4.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 80.04 years

       male: 77.04 years

       female: 83.14 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.37 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       NA%

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       NA

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       NA

      Nationality:

       noun: Channel Islander(s)

       adjective: Channel Islander

      Ethnic groups:

       UK and Norman-French descent

      Religions:

       Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational,

       Methodist

      Languages:

       English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts

      Literacy:

       definition: NA

       total population: NA%

       male: NA%

       female: NA%

      Government Guernsey

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey

       conventional short form: Guernsey

      Dependency status:

       British crown dependency

      Government type:

       NA

      Capital:

       Saint Peter Port

      Administrative divisions:

       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

      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)

       elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor

       appointed by the monarch; bailiff appointed by the monarch

       head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief Lt.

       Gen. Sir John FOLEY (since NA 2000) and Bailiff de Vic Graham CAREY

       (since NA 1999)

       cabinet: Advisory and Finance Committee appointed by the Assembly of

       the States

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral Assembly of the States; consists of the bailiff, 10

       Douzaine (parish council) representatives, 45 people's deputies

       elected by popular vote, 2 representatives СКАЧАТЬ