season
(November to March)
Terrain:
rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs
Natural resources:
miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish
Land use:
arable land NA%; permanent crops NA%; meadows and pastures NA%; forest and
woodland NA%; other NA%
Environment:
subject to typhoons (especially November to March)
Note:
located in the South Pacific Ocean about halfway between Peru and New
Zealand

:Pitcairn Islands People

Population:
52 (July 1992), growth rate 0.0% (1992)
Birth rate:
NA births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
NA deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
NA migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
NA deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
NA years male, NA years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
NA children born/woman (1992)
Nationality:
noun - Pitcairn Islander(s); adjective - Pitcairn Islander
Ethnic divisions:
descendants of Bounty mutineers
Religions:
Seventh-Day Adventist 100%
Languages:
English (official); also a Tahitian/English dialect
Literacy:
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
Labor force:
NA; no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence
farming and fishing
Organized labor:
NA

:Pitcairn Islands Government

Long-form name:
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands
Type:
dependent territory of the UK
Capital:
Adamstown
Administrative divisions:
none (dependent territory of the UK)
Independence:
none (dependent territory of the UK)
Constitution:
Local Government Ordinance of 1964
Legal system:
local island by-laws
National holiday:
Celebration of the Birthday of the Queen (second Saturday in June), 10 June
1989
Executive branch:
British monarch, governor, island magistrate
Legislative branch:
unicameral Island Council
Judicial branch:
Island Court
Leaders:
Chief of State:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by the Governor and
UK High Commissioner to New Zealand David Joseph MOSS (since NA 1990)
Head of Government:
Island Magistrate and Chairman of the Island Council Brian YOUNG (since NA
1985)
Political parties and leaders:
NA
Suffrage:
universal at age 18 with three years residency
Elections:
Island Council:
last held NA (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party