t territory of the UK)

National holiday: Liberation Day, 14 June (1982)

Constitution: 3 October 1985

Legal system: English common law

Executive branch:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (of the United Kingdom since 6
February 1952), a hereditary monarch, is represented by Commissioner
David Everard TATHAM (since August 1992; resident at Stanley,
Falkland Islands)

Legislative branch: no elections

Judicial branch: none

Flag: the flag of the UK is used

Economy
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Economic overview: Some fishing takes place in adjacent waters.
There is a potential source of income from harvesting fin fish and
krill. The islands receive income from postage stamps produced in
the UK.

Budget:
revenues: $291,777
expenditures: $451,000, including capital expenditures of $NA (1988
est.)

Electricity:
capacity: 900 kW
production: 2 million kWh
consumption per capita: NA kWh (1992)

Transportation
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Highways:
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km

Ports: Grytviken

Airports: none

Communications
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Telephones: NA

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: coastal radiotelephone station at Grytviken

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 0

Televisions: NA

Defense
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Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the UK

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@Spain
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Map
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Location: 40 00 N, 4 00 W -- Southwestern Europe, bordering the
Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, and North Atlantic Ocean,
southwest of France

Flag
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Description: three horizontal bands of red (top), yellow (double
width), and red with the national coat of arms on the hoist side of
the yellow band; the coat of arms includes the royal seal framed by
the Pillars of Hercules, which are the two promontories (Gibraltar
and Ceuta) on either side of the eastern end of the Strait of
Gibraltar

Geography
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Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay,
Mediterranean Sea, and North Atlantic Ocean, southwest of France

Geographic coordinates: 40 00 N, 4 00 W

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 504,750 sq km
land area: 499,400 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Oregon
note: includes Balearic Isl