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1. CIA World Factbook 2002
Man, Isle of

   Introduction Man, Isle of
   -------------------------
                            Background: Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the
                                        Hebrides until the 13th century when
                                        it was ceded to Scotland, the isle
                                        came under the British crown in
                                        1765. Current concerns include
                                        reviving the almost extinct Manx
                                        Celtic language.
  
   Geography Man, Isle of
   ----------------------
                              Location: Western Europe, island in the Irish
                                        Sea, between Great Britain and
                                        Ireland
                Geographic coordinates: 54 15 N, 4 30 W
                        Map references: Europe
                                  Area: total: 572 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 572 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly more than three times the
                                        size of Washington, DC
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 160 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: temperate; cool summers and mild
                                        winters; overcast about one-third of
                                        the time
                               Terrain: hills in north and south bisected by
                                        central valley
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
                                        highest point: Snaefell 621 m
                     Natural resources: none
                              Land use: arable land: 0%
                                        permanent crops: 0%
                                        other: 100% (permanent pastures,
                                        forests, mountain, and heathland)
                                        (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: NA
          Environment - current issues: waste disposal (both household and
                                        industrial); transboundary air
                                        pollution
                      Geography - note: one small islet, the Calf of Man,
                                        lies to the southwest, and is a bird
                                        sanctuary
  
   People Man, Isle of
   -------------------
                            Population: 73,873 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.5% (male 6,601;
                                        female 6,324)
                                        15-64 years: 65.3% (male 24,206;
                                        female 24,010)
                                        65 years and over: 17.2% (male
                                        5,097; female 7,635) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.52% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 11.49 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 11.68 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 5.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.95 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.81 years
                                        female: 81.36 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 74.44 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.65 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: Manxman (men), Manxwoman
                                        (women)
                                        adjective: Manx
                         Ethnic groups: Manx (Norse-Celtic descent), Briton
                             Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist,
                                        Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of
                                        Friends
                             Languages: English, Manx Gaelic
                              Literacy: definition: NA
                                        total population: NA%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Man, Isle of
   -----------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: none
                                        conventional short form: Isle of Man
                     Dependency status: British crown dependency
                       Government type: parliamentary democracy
                               Capital: Douglas
              Administrative divisions: there are 24 local authorities each
                                        with its own elections
                          Independence: none (British crown dependency)
                      National holiday: Tynwald Day, 5 July
                          Constitution: unwritten; note - The Isle of Man
                                        Constitution Act, 1961, does not
                                        embody the Manx Constitution
                          Legal system: English common law and Manx statute
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Lord of Mann Queen
                                        ELIZABETH II (since 6 February
                                        1952), represented by Lieutenant
                                        Governor His Excellency Sir Timothy
                                        DAUNT (since 27 October 1995)
                                        election results: Richard CORKILL
                                        elected chief minister by the
                                        Tynwald
                                        elections: the monarch is
                                        hereditary; lieutenant governor
                                        appointed by the monarch for a five-
                                        year term; the Chief Minister is
                                        elected by the Tynwald; election
                                        last held 6 December 2001 (next to
                                        be held NA December 2006)
                                        head of government: Chief Minister
                                        Richard CORKILL (since 6 December
                                        2001)
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                    Legislative branch: bicameral Tynwald consists of the
                                        Legislative Council (an 11-member
                                        body composed of the President of
                                        Tynwald, the Lord Bishop of Sodor
                                        and Man, a nonvoting attorney
                                        general, and 8 others named by the
                                        House of Keys) and the House of Keys
                                        (24 seats; members are elected by
                                        popular vote to serve five-year
                                        terms)
                                        elections: House of Keys - last held
                                        22 November 2001 (next to be held NA
                                        November 2006)
                                        election results: House of Keys -
                                        percent of vote by party - Man Labor
                                        Party 17.3%, Alliance for
                                        Progressive Government 14.6%; seats
                                        by party - Man Labor Party 2,
                                        Alliance for Progressive Government
                                        3, independents 19
                       Judicial branch: High Court of Justice (justices are
                                        appointed by the Lord Chancellor of
                                        England on the nomination of the
                                        lieutenant governor)
         Political parties and leaders: Man Labor Party [leader NA];
                                        Alliance for Progressive Government
                                        [leader NA]; Man Nationalist Party
                                        [leader NA]
                                        note: most members sit as
                                        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: red with the Three Legs of Man
                                        emblem (Trinacria), in the center;
                                        the three legs are joined at the
                                        thigh and bent at the knee; in order
                                        to have the toes pointing clockwise
                                        on both sides of the flag, a two-
                                        sided emblem is used
  
   Economy Man, Isle of
   --------------------
                    Economy - overview: Offshore banking, manufacturing, and
                                        tourism are key sectors of the
                                        economy. The government's policy of
                                        offering incentives to high-
                                        technology companies and financial
                                        institutions to locate on the island
                                        has paid off in expanding employment
                                        opportunities in high-income
                                        industries. As a result, agriculture
                                        and fishing, once the mainstays of
                                        the economy, have declined in their
                                        shares of GDP. Trade is mostly with
                                        the UK. The Isle of Man enjoys free
                                        access to EU markets.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.4
                                        billion (1999 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 13.5% (1999 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $18,800
                                        (1999 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1%
                                        industry: 13%
                                        services: 86% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% (2000 est.)
                           Labor force: 36,610 (1998)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture, forestry and fishing
                                        3%, manufacturing 11%, construction
                                        10%, transport and communication 8%,
                                        wholesale and retail distribution
                                        11%, professional and scientific
                                        services 18%, public administration
                                        6%, banking and finance 18%, tourism
                                        2%, entertainment and catering 3%,
                                        miscellaneous services 10%
                     Unemployment rate: 0.7% (February 2002)
                                Budget: revenues: $485 million
                                        expenditures: $463 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (FY00/01 est.)
                            Industries: financial services, light
                                        manufacturing, tourism
     Industrial production growth rate: 3.2% (FY96/97)
                Agriculture - products: cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep,
                                        pigs, poultry
                               Exports: $NA
                 Exports - commodities: tweeds, herring, processed
                                        shellfish, beef, lamb
                    Exports - partners: UK
                               Imports: $NA
                 Imports - commodities: timber, fertilizers, fish
                    Imports - partners: UK
                       Debt - external: $NA
              Economic aid - recipient: $NA
                              Currency: British pound (GBP); note - there is
                                        also a Manx pound
                         Currency code: GBP
                        Exchange rates: Manx pounds per US dollar - 0.6764
                                        (January 2001), 0.6596 (2000),
                                        0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106
                                        (1997); the Manx pound is at par
                                        with the British pound
                           Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
  
   Communications Man, Isle of
   ---------------------------
         Telephones - main lines in use: 51,000 (1999)
           Telephones - mobile cellular: NA
                       Telephone system: general assessment: NA
                                         domestic: landline, telefax, mobile
                                         cellular telephone system
                                         international: fiber-optic cable,
                                         microwave radio relay, satellite
                                         earth station, submarine cable
               Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
                                 Radios: NA
          Television broadcast stations: 0 (receives broadcasts from the UK
                                         and satellite) (1999)
                            Televisions: 27,490 (1999)
                  Internet country code: .im
      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): NA
                         Internet users: NA
  
   Transportation Man, Isle of
   ---------------------------
                              Railways: total: 68.5 km (43.5 km electrified)
                                        (2001)
                              Highways: total: 800 km
                                        paved: 800 km
                                        unpaved: 0 km (1999)
                             Waterways: none
                     Ports and harbors: Castletown, Douglas, Peel, Ramsey
                       Merchant marine: total: 212 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 5,540,100 GRT/9,130,508 DWT
  
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Denmark 45, France 1,
                                        Germany 48, Greece 6, Hong Kong 10,
                                        Iceland 1, Italy 8, Monaco 7,
                                        Netherlands 3, Norway 5, Sweden 4,
                                        Switzerland 2, United Kingdom 70,
                                        United States 1 (2002 est.)
                                        ships by type: bulk 29, cargo 34,
                                        chemical tanker 22, combination bulk
                                        2, container 29, liquefied gas 24,
                                        petroleum tanker 46, roll on/roll
                                        off 20, specialized tanker 1,
                                        vehicle carrier 5
                              Airports: 1 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 1
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Man, Isle of
   ---------------------
                       Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the
                                        UK
  
   Transnational Issues Man, Isle of
   ---------------------------------
                                              Disputes - international: none
  
                                       



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