ostly 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 a
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