GUERNSEY                                                                        
(British crown dependency)                                                      
GEOGRAPHY                                                                       
Total area: 194 km2; land area: 194 km2; includes Alderney,                     
Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands                            
                                                                                
Comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC                           
                                                                                
Land boundaries: none                                                           
                                                                                
Coastline: 50 km                                                                
                                                                                
Maritime claims:                                                                
                                                                                
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;                                                 
                                                                                
Territorial sea: 3 nm                                                           
                                                                                
Climate: temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of             
days are overcast                                                               
                                                                                
Terrain: mostly level with low hills in southwest                               
                                                                                
Natural resources: cropland                                                     
                                                                                
Land use: arable land NA%; permanent crops NA%; meadows and                     
pastures NA%; forest and woodland NA%; other NA%; cultivated about 50%          
                                                                                
Environment: large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port                        
                                                                                
Note: 52 km west of France                                                      
                                                                                
PEOPLE                                                                          
Population: 57,596 (July 1991), growth rate 0.6% (1991)                         
                                                                                
Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991)                                   
                                                                                
Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1991)                                   
                                                                                
Net migration rate: 5 migrants/1,000 population (1991)                          
                                                                                
Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)                        
                                                                                
Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1991)                 
                                                                                
Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1991)                            
                                                                                
Nationality: noun--Channel Islander(s); adjective--Channel Islander             
                                                                                
Ethnic divisions: UK and Norman-French descent                                  
                                                                                
Religion: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist,                      
Congregational, Methodist                                                       
                                                                                
Language: English, French; Norman-French dialect spoken in country              
districts                                                                       
                                                                                
Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education                   
age 5 to 16                                                                     
                                                                                
Labor force: NA                                                                 
                                                                                
Organized labor: NA                                                             
GOVERNMENT                                                                      
Long-form name: Bailiwick of Guernsey                                           
                                                                                
Type: British crown dependency                                                  
                                                                                
Capital: Saint Peter Port                                                       
                                                                                
Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)                       
                                                                                
Independence: none (British crown dependency)                                   
                                                                                
Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and                 
practice                                                                        
                                                                                
Legal system: English law and local statute; justice is                         
administered by the Royal Court                                                 
                                                                                
National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)                                  
                                                                                
Executive branch: British monarch, lieutenant governor, bailiff,                
deputy bailiff                                                                  
                                                                                
Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the States                           
                                                                                
Judicial branch: Royal Court                                                    
                                                                                
Leaders:                                                                        
                                                                                
Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);                     
                                                                                
Head of Government--Lieutenant Governor Lt. Gen. Sir Michael                    
WILKINS (since 1990); Bailiff Sir Charles FROSSARD (since 1982)                 
                                                                                
Political parties and leaders: none; all independents                           
                                                                                
Suffrage: universal at age 18                                                   
                                                                                
Elections:                                                                      
                                                                                
Assembly of the States--last held NA (next to be held NA);                      
results--percent of vote NA;                                                    
seats--(60 total, 33 elected), all independents                                 
                                                                                
Communists: none                                                                
                                                                                
Member of: none                                                                 
                                                                                
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                                     
                                                                                
ECONOMY                                                                         
Overview: Tourism is a major source of revenue. Other economic                  
activity includes financial services, breeding the world-famous                 
Guernsey cattle, and growing tomatoes and flowers for export.                   
                                                                                
GDP: $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate 9% (1987)                            
                                                                                
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: 173,000 kW capacity; 525 million kWh produced,                     
9,340 kWh per capita (1989)                                                     
                                                                                
Industries: tourism, banking                                                    
                                                                                
Agriculture: tomatoes, flowers (mostly grown in greenhouses),                   
sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables and fruit; Guernsey cattle            
                                                                                
Economic aid: none                                                              
                                                                                
Currency: Guernsey pound (plural--pounds);                                      
1 Guernsey (LG) pound = 100 pence                                               
                                                                                
Exchange rates: Guernsey pounds (LG) per US$1--0.5171 (January                  
1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987), 0.6817       
(1986), 0.7714 (1985); note--the Guernsey pound is at par with the              
British pound                                                                   
                                                                                
Fiscal year: calendar year                                                      
                                                                                
COMMUNICATIONS                                                                  
Ports: Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson                                          
                                                                                
Airport: 1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m (La                      
Villiaze)                                                                       
                                                                                
Telecommunications: stations--1 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 41,900                         
telephones; 1 submarine cable                                                   
                                                                                
DEFENSE FORCES                                                                  
Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK                                   
                                                                                
