1983 Edition

Agriculture

predominantly sheep farming

Aid

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

Airfields

5 total, 4 usable, 1 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 1, 200-2,439 m

Branches

Civil Commissioner (replaced governors in post-Falklands war period); shares power with local garrison commander

Budget

revenues, $4.3 million (1982); expenditures, $4.3 million (1982)

Capital

Stanley

Civil air

no major transport aircraft

Coastline

764 km People

Electric power

l,250kW capacity (1983); 2.2 million kWh produced (1983), l.lOOkWhper capita

Ethnic divisions

homogeneous white population

Exports

to UK, $4.5 million (1982); wool, hides and skins, and other

Government leaders

Rex M. HUNT, Civil Commissioner; Maj. Gen. Keith SPACIE, Military Commissioner and Commander in Chief Land Forces

Highways

510 km total; 30 km paved, 80 km gravel, and 400 km unimproved earth

Imports

from UK, $7.3 million (1982); food, clothing, fuels, and machinery

Labor force

17,585; largely engaged in fishing, manufacturing, transportation, and commerce Government

Languages

Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish

Legal system

English common law

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

3 nm; fishing 200 nm

Literacy

99% *

Major industry

wool processing

Major trade partners

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

Monetary conversion rate

.7062 Falkland Island pound=US$l (February 1984) Communications

Nationality

noun — Faroese (sing., pi.); adjective — Faroese

Official name

Colony of the Falkland Islands

Faroe Islands

Political subdivisions

local government is confined to capital

Population

45,000 (July 1984), average annual growth rate 1.0%

Ports

1 major (Port Stanley), 4 minor

Railroads

none

Religion

Evangelical Lutheran

Suffrage

universal adult at age 18 Economy

Telecommunications

governmentoperated radiotelephone networks providing effective service to almost all points on both islands; approximately 590 telephones (est. 30 per 100 popl.); 1 AM station; satellite station under construction Defense Forces Defense is the responsibility of the United Kingdom ICELAND Norwegian Sea FAROE . ISLANDS T Atlantic Ocean ¥e Lj UNITED ' MKINGDOM _^ Land 1,340 km2; less than 5% arable, of which only a fraction cultivated; archipelago consisting of 18 inhabited islands and a few uninhabited islets Water

Type

British crown colony