The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ 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),

       represented by Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen.

       Sir John FOLEY (since NA 2000)

       election results: Laurie MORGAN elected chief minister, percent of

       vote of the States of Deliberation NA

       elections: the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed

       by the monarch; chief minister is elected by States of Delibertion

       head of government: Chief Minister Laurie MORGAN (since 1 May 2004)

       cabinet: Policy Council elected by the States of Deliberation

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral States of Deliberation (45 seats; members are elected by

       popular vote for 4 years); note - Alderney and Sark have their own

       parliaments

       elections: last held 21 April 2004 (next to be held NA 2008)

       election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents

      Judicial branch:

       Royal Court

      Political parties and leaders:

       none; all independents

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       none

      International organization participation:

       UPU

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

       none (British crown dependency)

      Diplomatic representation from the US:

       none (British crown dependency)

      Flag description:

       white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England)

       extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow equal-armed cross of

       William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint George cross

      Economy Guernsey

      Economy - overview:

       Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance, etc. -

       account for about 55% of total income in this tiny Channel Island

       economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes

       and cut flowers, have been declining. Light tax and death duties

       make Guernsey a popular tax haven. The evolving economic integration

       of the EU nations is changing the environment under which Guernsey

       operates.

      GDP:

       purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (1999 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       5.7% (1999 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $20,000 (1999 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3% industry: 10% services: 87% (2000)

      Population below poverty line:

       NA

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA

       highest 10%: NA

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       4% (2000 est.)

      Labor force:

       31,320 (2000)

      Unemployment rate:

       0.5% (1999 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $381.3 million

       expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA

       (2000 est.)

      Agriculture - products:

       tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit;

       Guernsey cattle

      Industries:

       tourism, banking

      Industrial production growth rate:

       NA

      Electricity - production:

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