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 Lt. Gen. Sir Michael
WILKINS (since NA 1990); 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 are independents; seats - (60 total, 33
elected), all independents
Judicial branch:
Royal Court
Political parties and leaders:
none; all independents
Member of:
none
Diplomatic representation in US:
none (British crown dependency)
US 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
@Guernsey, Economy
Overview:
Financial services account from more than 50% of total income.
Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut
flowers, have been declining. Bank profits (1992) registered a record
26% growth. Fund management and insurance are the two other major
income generators.
National product:
GDP $NA
National product real growth rate:
9% (1987)
National product per capita:
$NA
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:
capacity:
173,000 kW
production:
525 million kWh
consumption per capita:
9,060 kWh (1992)
Industries:
tourism, banking
Agriculture:
tomatoes, flowers (mostly grown in greenhouses), sweet peppers,
eggplant, other vegetables, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Economic aid:
none
Currency:
1 Guernsey (#G) pound = 100 pence
Exchange rates:
Guernsey pounds (#G) per US$1 - 0.6699 (January 1994), 0.6658 (1993),
0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989); note - the
Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound
Fiscal year:
calendar year
@Guernsey, Communications
Highways: total: NA paved: NA unpaved: NA Ports: Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson Airports: total: 2 usable: 2 with permanent-surface runways: 2 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1 Telecommunications: broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 41,900 telephones; 1 submarine cable
@Guernsey, Defense Forces
Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK
@Guinea, Geography
Location:
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between
Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone
Map references:
Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
245,860 sq km
land area:
245,860 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than Oregon
Land boundaries:
total 3,399 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Cote d'Ivoire 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
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
none
Climate:
generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to
November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with
northeasterly harmattan winds
Terrain:
generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior
Natural resources:
bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish
Land use:
arable land:
6%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
12%
forest and woodland:
42%
other:
40%
Irrigated land:
240 sq km (1989 est.)
Environment:
current issues:
deforestation; inadequate supplies of safe drinking water;
desertification; soil contamination and erosion
natural hazards:
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season
international agreements:
party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of
the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
@Guinea, People