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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Guernsey
    n 1: a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey [syn:
         Guernsey, island of Guernsey]
    2: breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Guernsey

   Introduction Guernsey
   ---------------------
                            Background: The island of Guernsey and the other
                                        Channel Islands represent the last
                                        remnants of the medieval Dukedom of
                                        Normandy, which held sway in both
                                        France and England. The islands were
                                        the only British soil occupied by
                                        German troops in World War II.
  
   Geography Guernsey
   ------------------
                              Location: Western Europe, islands in the
                                        English Channel, northwest of France
                Geographic coordinates: 49 28 N, 2 35 W
                        Map references: Europe
                                  Area: total: 78 sq km
                                        note: includes Alderney, Guernsey,
                                        Herm, Sark, and some other smaller
                                        islands
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 78 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly larger than Washington, DC
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 50 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 12 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
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: unnamed location on
                                        Sark 114 m
                     Natural resources: cropland
                              Land use: arable land: NA%
                                        permanent crops: NA%
                                        other: NA% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: NA sq km
                       Natural hazards: NA
          Environment - current issues: NA
                      Geography - note: large, deepwater harbor at Saint
                                        Peter Port
  
   People Guernsey
   ---------------
                            Population: 64,587 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 16% (male 5,250; female
                                        5,101)
                                        15-64 years: 66.7% (male 21,356;
                                        female 21,728)
                                        65 years and over: 17.3% (male
                                        4,622; female 6,530) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.37% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 9.69 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 9.86 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 3.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.94 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 79.9 years
                                        female: 83.01 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 76.91 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.36 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Channel Islander(s)
                                        adjective: Channel Islander
                         Ethnic groups: UK and Norman-French descent
                             Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic,
                                        Presbyterian, Baptist,
                                        Congregational, Methodist
                             Languages: English, French, Norman-French
                                        dialect spoken in country districts
                              Literacy: definition: NA
                                        total population: NA%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Guernsey
   -------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Bailiwick of
                                        Guernsey
                                        conventional short form: Guernsey
                     Dependency status: British crown dependency
                       Government type: NA
                               Capital: St. Peter Port
              Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency);
                                        there are no first-order
                                        administrative divisions as defined
                                        by the US Government, but there are
                                        10 parishes including St. Peter
                                        Port, St. Sampson, Vale, Castel, St.
                                        Saviour, St. Pierre du Bois,
                                        Torteval, Forest, St. Martin, St.
                                        Andrew
                          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;
                                        justice is administered by the Royal
                                        Court
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II
                                        (since 6 February 1952)
                                        elections: none; the monarch is
                                        hereditary; lieutenant governor
                                        appointed by the monarch; bailiff
                                        appointed by the monarch
                                        head of government: Lieutenant
                                        Governor and Commander-in-Chief Lt.
                                        Gen. Sir John FOLEY (since NA 2000)
                                        and Bailiff De Vic G. CAREY (since
                                        NA)
                                        cabinet: Advisory and Finance
                                        Committee appointed by the Assembly
                                        of the States
                    Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the States;
                                        consists of the bailiff, 10 Douzaine
                                        (parish council) representatives, 45
                                        people's deputies elected by popular
                                        vote, 2 representatives from
                                        Alderney, Her Majesty's Procureur
                                        (Attorney General), Her Majesty's
                                        Comptroller (Solicitor General) and
                                        Her Majesty's Greffier (Court
                                        Recorder and Registrar General);
                                        note - Alderney and Sark have their
                                        own parliaments
                                        elections: last held 12 April 2000
                                        (next to be held NA 2004)
                                        election results: percent of vote -
                                        NA%; seats - all independents
                       Judicial branch: Royal Court
         Political parties and leaders: none; all independents
          Political pressure groups and none
                               leaders:
             International organization none
                         participation:
   Diplomatic representation in the US: none (British crown dependency)
     Diplomatic representation from the none (British crown dependency)
                                    US:
                      Flag description: white with the red cross of Saint
                                        George (patron saint of England)
                                        extending to the edges of the flag
                                        and a yellow equal-armed cross of
                                        William the Conqueror superimposed
                                        on the Saint George cross
  
   Economy Guernsey
   ----------------
                    Economy - overview: Financial services - banking, fund
                                        management, insurance, etc. -
                                        account for about 55% of total
                                        income in this tiny Channel Island
                                        economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and
                                        horticulture, mainly tomatoes and
                                        cut flowers, have been declining.
                                        Light tax and death duties make
                                        Guernsey a popular tax haven. The
                                        evolving economic integration of the
                                        EU nations is changing the rules of
                                        the game under which Guernsey
                                        operates.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.3
                                        billion (1999 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 5.7% (1999 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $20,000
                                        (1999 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3%
                                        industry: 10%
                                        services: 87% (2000)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.99% (2000 est.)
                           Labor force: 31,322 (2000)
                     Unemployment rate: 0.5% (1999 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $381.3 million
                                        expenditures: $368.8 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2000 est.)
                            Industries: tourism, banking
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: NA kWh
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: NA%
                                        hydro: NA%
                                        other: NA%
                                        nuclear: NA%
             Electricity - consumption: NA kWh
                 Electricity - exports: NA kWh
                 Electricity - imports: NA kWh
                Agriculture - products: tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet
                                        peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey
                                        cattle
                               Exports: $NA
                 Exports - commodities: tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet
                                        peppers, eggplant, other vegetables
                    Exports - partners: UK (regarded as internal trade)
                               Imports: $NA
                 Imports - commodities: coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and
                                        equipment
                    Imports - partners: UK (regarded as internal trade)
                       Debt - external: $NA
              Economic aid - recipient: $NA
                              Currency: British pound (GBP); note - there is
                                        also a Guernsey pound
                         Currency code: GBP
                        Exchange rates: Guernsey pounds per US dollar -
                                        0.6944 (January 2002), 0.6944
                                        (2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180
                                        (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106
                                        (1997); note - the Guernsey pound is
                                        at par with the British pound
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Guernsey
   -----------------------
            Telephones - main lines in use: 44,000 (1996)
              Telephones - mobile cellular: 12,000 (1997)
                          Telephone system: general assessment: NA
                                            domestic: NA
                                            international: 1 submarine cable
                  Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
                                    Radios: NA
             Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
                               Televisions: NA
                     Internet country code: .gg
         Internet Service Providers (ISPs): NA
                            Internet users: NA
  
   Transportation Guernsey
   -----------------------
                                     Railways: 5 km
                                     Highways: total: NA km
                                               paved: NA km
                                               unpaved: NA km
                                    Waterways: none
                            Ports and harbors: St. Peter Port, Saint Sampson
                              Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)
                                     Airports: 2 (2001)
                Airports - with paved runways: total: 2
                                               914 to 1,523 m: 1
                                               under 914 m: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Guernsey
   -----------------
                       Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the
                                        UK
  
   Transnational Issues Guernsey
   -----------------------------
                                              Disputes - international: none
  
                                       



3. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Guernsey -- U.S. County in Ohio
   Population (2000):    40792
   Housing Units (2000): 18771
   Land area (2000):     521.904233 sq. miles (1351.725701 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    6.388928 sq. miles (16.547247 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    528.293161 sq. miles (1368.272948 sq. km)
   Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
   Location:             40.023052 N, 81.524643 W
   Headwords:
    Guernsey
    Guernsey, OH
    Guernsey County
    Guernsey County, OH


4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Guernsey, WY -- U.S. town in Wyoming
   Population (2000):    1147
   Housing Units (2000): 612
   Land area (2000):     1.074653 sq. miles (2.783339 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.013408 sq. miles (0.034727 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.088061 sq. miles (2.818066 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            34320
   Located within:       Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
   Location:             42.267251 N, 104.743187 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     82214
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Guernsey, WY
    Guernsey


5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Guernsey, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    70
   Housing Units (2000): 34
   Land area (2000):     0.184309 sq. miles (0.477359 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.184309 sq. miles (0.477359 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            33285
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             41.650087 N, 92.344498 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     50172
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Guernsey, IA
    Guernsey


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