1986 Edition

Agriculture

predominantly sheep farming

Aid

economic commitments — (1970-79) Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF, $24 million

Airfields

167 total, 132 usable; 7 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 9 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 49 with runways 1,220-2,439 m Defense Forces

Branches

Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense; paramilitary Emergency Strike Force Police

under the 1985 Constitution an Executive Council was established; it consists of three elected members from the 8member popularly elected Legislative Counil

Budget

revenues, $5 million (1982); expenditures, $4.8 million (1982)

Capital

Stanley

Civil air

22 major transport aircraft

Coastline

1,288 km People

Electric power

1,250 kW capacity (1985); 2.2 million kWh produced (1985), 1,100 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

almost totally British

Exports

to UK, $5.2 million (1982); wool, hides and skins, and other

Externaldebt

$1.0billion, 1981/82; debt service payment, $1.3 billion outstanding (1983/84); 11.0% of exports of goods and nonf actor services (1982/83)

Fiscal year

8 July-7 July Communications

Government leaders

Gordon W. JEWKES, Governor (since 1985); Air Vice Marchall R. J. KEMBALL, Commander of the British Armed Forces (since 1985)

Highways

44,300 km total; 3,888 km bituminous, 8,344 km gravel, 2,456 km improved earth, 29,612 km unimproved earth

Imports

from UK, $8.2 million (1982); food, clothing, fuels, and machinery

Labor force

l,100(est.);est. over 95% in agriculture, mostly sheepherding Government

Language

English

Legal system

English common law

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

3 nm

Literacy

compulsory education up to age 14

Major industry

wool processing

Major trade partners

exports — nearly all to the UK, some to the Netherlands and to Japan; imports — Curacao, Japan, and UK

Military budget

for fiscal year ending 7 July 1984, $420.1 million; 25.1% of central government budget Soulli Sandwicli Islands Sovit'i Georgia Sl>ag and Clerke Rocks are not show 50km South At/antic Ocean West Falkland Administered by U K . claimed by Argentina Scotia Sea See region*! map IV

Military manpower

males 15-49, 9,941,000; 5,340,000 fit for military service; 507,000 reach military age (18) annually

Monetary conversion rate

2.07 Ethiopian birr=US$l (31 October 1983)

Nationality

noun — Falkland Islander(s); adjective — Falkland Island

NOTE

The possession of the Falkland Islands has been disputed by the UK and Argentina (which refers to them as the Islas Malvinas) since 1833. Land Colony — 16,654 km2; about the size of Connecticut; area consists of some 200 small islands and two principal islands, East Falkland (6,680 km2) and West Falkland (5,276 km2); dependencies — South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia, and the Shag and Clerke Rocks Water

Official name

Colony of the Falkland Islands

Political subdivisions

Falkland, South Georgia, and South Sandwich Islands (the latter two are administered from Stanley)

Population

2,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 0%

Ports

2 major (Aseb, Mits'iwa)

Railroads

1,089 km total; 782 km 1.000meter gauge, of which 97 km are in Djibouti; 307 km 0.950-meter gauge

Religion

predominantly Anglican

Suffrage

universal adult at age 18 Economy

Type

British dependent territory