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Title :Jersey
Text :
Jersey
Header
Affiliation:
(British crown dependency)
Geography
Location:
Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references:
Europe
Area:
total area:
117 sq km
land area:
117 sq km
comparative area:
about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
70 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
3 nm
International disputes:
none
Climate:
temperate; mild winters and cool summers
Terrain:
gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast
Natural resources:
agricultural land
Land use:
arable land:
57%
permanent crops:
NA%
meadows and pastures:
NA%
forest and woodland:
NA%
other:
NA%
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
NA
international agreements:
NA
Note:
largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population
concentrated in Saint Helier
People
Population:
86,649 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
17% (female 7,029; male 7,450)
15-64 years:
69% (female 30,156; male 29,916)
65 years and over:
14% (female 7,202; male 4,896) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.7% (1995 est.)
Birth rate:
12.83 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate:
9.97 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Net migration rate:
4.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
4.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
76.9 years
male:
73.81 years
female:
80.32 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.44 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Channel Islander(s)
adjective:
Channel Islander
Ethnic divisions:
UK and Norman-French descent
Religions:
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist,
Presbyterian
Languages:
English (official), French (official), Norman-French dialect spoken in
country districts
Literacy:
NA%
Labor force:
NA
Government
Names:
conventional long form:
Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form:
Jersey
Digraph:
JE
Type:
British crown dependency
Capital:
Saint Helier
Administrative divisions:
none (British crown dependency)
Independence:
none (British crown dependency)
National holiday:
Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Constitution:
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Legal system:
English law and local statute
Suffrage:
NA years of age; universal adult
Executive branch:
Chief of State:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
Head of Government:
Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Air Marshal Sir John SUTTON
(since NA 1990); Bailiff Sir Peter L. CRILL (since NA)
cabinet:
committees; appointed by the States
Legislative branch:
unicameral
Assembly of the States:
elections last held NA (next to be held NA); results - no percent of vote by
party since all are independents; seats - (56 total, 52 elected) 52
independents
Judicial branch:
Royal Court
Political parties and leaders:
none; all independents
Member of:
none
Diplomatic representation in US:
none (British crown dependency)
US diplomatic representation:
none (British crown dependency)
Flag:
white with the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland)
extending to the corners of the flag
Economy
Overview:
The economy is based largely on financial services, agriculture, and
tourism. Potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes, and especially flowers are
important export crops, shipped mostly to the UK. The Jersey breed of dairy
cattle is known worldwide and represents an important export earner. Milk
products go to the UK and other EU countries. In 1986 the finance sector
overtook tourism as the main contributor to GDP, accounting for 40% of the
island's output. In recent years the government has encouraged light
industry to locate in Jersey, with the result that an electronics industry
has developed alongside the traditional manufacturing of knitwear. All raw
material and energy requirements are imported, as well as a large share of
Jersey's food needs.
National product:
GDP $NA
National product real growth rate:
8% (1987 est.)
National product per capita:
$NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
8% (1988 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$308 million
expenditures:
$284.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1985)
Exports:
$NA
commodities:
light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs, textiles
partners:
UK
Imports:
$NA
commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral
fuels, chemicals
partners:
UK
External debt:
$NA
Industrial production:
growth rate NA%
Electricity:
capacity:
50,000 kW standby
production:
power supplied by France
consumption per capita:
NA kWh (1992)
Industries:
tourism, banking and finance, dairy
Agriculture:
potatoes, cauliflowers, tomatoes; dairy and cattle farming
Economic aid:
none
Currency:
1 Jersey pound (#J) = 100 pence
Economy
Exchange rates:
Jersey pounds (#J) per US$1 - 0.6250 (January 1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658
(1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603 (1990); the Jersey pound is at
par with the British pound
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Transportation
Railroads:
0 km
Highways:
total:
NA
paved:
NA
unpaved:
NA
Ports:
Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier
Merchant marine:
none
Airports:
total:
1
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
Communications
Telephone system:
63,700 telephones
local:
NA
intercity:
NA
international:
3 submarine cables
Radio:
broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
radios:
NA
Television:
broadcast stations:
1
televisions:
NA
Defense Forces
Note:
defense is the responsibility of the UK
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