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Branches: British Forces Falkland Islands (includes Army, Royal
Air Force, Royal Navy, and Royal Marines), Police Force

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the UK

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@Faroe Islands
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(part of the Danish realm)

Map
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Location: 62 00 N, 7 00 W -- Northern Europe, island group between
the Norwegian Sea and the north Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of
the way from Iceland to Norway

Flag
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Description: white with a red cross outlined in blue that extends
to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted
to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)

Geography
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Location: Northern Europe, island group between the Norwegian Sea
and the north Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Iceland
to Norway

Geographic coordinates: 62 00 N, 7 00 W

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 1,400 sq km
land area: 1,400 sq km
comparative area: eight times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 764 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 3 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy

Terrain: rugged, rocky, some low peaks; cliffs along most of coast
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m

Natural resources: fish

Land use:
arable land: 2%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 98%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: NA

Geographic note: archipelago of 18 inhabited islands and a few
uninhabited islets; strategically located along important sea lanes
in northeastern Atlantic; precipitous terrain limits habitation to
small coastal lowlands

People
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Population: 43,857 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 24% (male 5,461; female 5,280)
15-64 years: 62% (male 14,488; female 12,617)
65 years and over: 14% (male 2,661; female 3,350) (July 1996 est.)

Population growth rate: -1.8% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: 13.91 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate: 8.69 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Net migration rate: -23.19 migrant(s)/