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JERSEY
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(British crown dependency)
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GEOGRAPHY
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Total area: 117 km2; land area: 117 km2
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Comparative area: about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
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Land boundaries: none
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Coastline: 70 km
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Maritime claims:
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Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;
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Territorial sea: 3 nm
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Climate: temperate; mild winters and cool summers
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Terrain: gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north
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coast
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Natural resources: agricultural land
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Land use: arable land NA%; permanent crops NA%; meadows and
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pastures NA%; forest and woodland NA%; other NA%; about 58% of land under
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cultivation
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Environment: about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier
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Note: largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; 27 km
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from France
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PEOPLE
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Population: 84,331 (July 1991), growth rate 0.8% (1991)
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Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991)
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Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
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Net migration rate: 6 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
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Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
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Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1991)
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Total fertility rate: 1.3 children born/woman (1991)
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Nationality: noun--Channel Islander(s); adjective--Channel Islander
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Ethnic divisions: UK and Norman-French descent
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Religion: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New
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Church, Methodist, Presbyterian
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Language: English and French (official), with the Norman-French
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dialect spoken in country districts
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Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education
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age 5 to 16
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Labor force: NA
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Organized labor: none
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GOVERNMENT
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Long-form name: Bailiwick of Jersey
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Type: British crown dependency
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Capital: Saint Helier
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Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)
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Independence: none (British crown dependency)
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Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and
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practice
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Legal system: English law and local statute
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National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
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Executive branch: British monarch, lieutenant governor, bailiff
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Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the States
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Judicial branch: Royal Court
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Leaders:
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Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);
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Head of Government--Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief
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Air Marshal Sir John SUTTON (since NA 1990); Bailiff Peter CRILL (since
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NA)
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Political parties and leaders: none; all independents
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Suffrage: universal adult at age NA
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Elections:
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Assembly of the States--last held NA (next to be held NA);
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results--percent of vote NA;
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seats--(56 total, 52 elected) 52 independents
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Communists: probably none
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Member of: none
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Diplomatic representation: none (British crown dependency)
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Flag: white with the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron
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saint of Ireland) extending to the corners of the flag
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ECONOMY
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Overview: The economy is based largely on financial services,
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agriculture, and tourism. Potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes, and especially
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flowers are important export crops, shipped mostly to the UK. The Jersey
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breed of dairy cattle is known worldwide and represents an important
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export earner. Milk products go to the UK and other EC countries. In 1986
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the finance sector overtook tourism as the main contributor to GDP,
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accounting for 40% of the island's output. In recent years the government
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has encouraged light industry to locate in Jersey, with the result that
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an electronics industry has developed alongside the traditional
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manufacturing of knitwear. All raw material and energy requirements are
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imported, as well as a large share of Jersey's food needs.
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GDP: $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate 8% (1987 est.)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8% (1988 est.)
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Unemployment rate: NA%
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Budget: revenues $308.0 million; expenditures $284.4 million,
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including capital expenditures of NA (1985)
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Exports: $NA;
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commodities--light industrial and electrical goods,
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foodstuffs, textiles;
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partners--UK
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Imports: $NA;
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commodities--machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods,
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foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals;
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partners--UK
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External debt: $NA
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Industrial production: growth rate NA%
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Electricity: 50,000 kW standby capacity (1990); power supplied by
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France
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Industries: tourism, banking and finance, dairy
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Agriculture: potatoes, cauliflowers, tomatoes; dairy and cattle
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farming
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Economic aid: none
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Currency: Jersey pound (plural--pounds); 1 Jersey pound (LJ) =
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100 pence
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Exchange rates: Jersey pounds (LJ) per US$1--0.5171 (January
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1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987), 0.6817
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(1986), 0.7714 (1985); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound
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Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March
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COMMUNICATIONS
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Ports: Saint Helier, Gorey, Saint Aubin
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Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m (Saint
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Peter)
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Telecommunications: 63,700 telephones; stations--1 AM, no FM, 1
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TV; 3 submarine cables
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DEFENSE FORCES
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Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK
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