]! ^! 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. 
]" ^" Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France ^# 49 28 N, 2 35 W ^$ Europe ^% `! 78 sq km `" 78 sq km `# 0 sq km note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands ^& about one-half the size of Washington, DC ^' 0 km ^( 50 km ^) `$ 3 nm `a 12 nm ^* temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast ^+ mostly level with low hills in southwest ^, `% Atlantic Ocean 0 m `& unnamed location on Sark 114 m ^- cropland ^. `' NA% `( NA% `) NA% ^/ NA sq km ^0 NA ^1 NA ^2 large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port 
]# ^3 65,228 (July 2005 est.) ^4 `* 15.4% (male 5,084/female 4,937) `+ 66.9% (male 21,611/female 22,002) `, 17.8% (male 4,882/female 6,712) (2005 est.) ^5 `! 40.99 years `- 40.03 years `. 41.91 years (2005 est.) ^6 0.29% (2005 est.) ^7 9.01 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) ^8 9.95 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) ^9 3.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) ^: `/ 1.03 male(s)/female `0 1.03 male(s)/female `+ 0.98 male(s)/female `, 0.73 male(s)/female `1 0.94 male(s)/female (2005 est.) ^; `! 4.71 deaths/1,000 live births `- 5.26 deaths/1,000 live births `. 4.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) ^< `1 80.3 years `- 77.3 years `. 83.41 years (2005 est.) ^= 1.38 children born/woman (2005 est.) ^> NA% ^? NA ^@ NA ^A `2 Channel Islander(s) `3 Channel Islander ^B UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries ^C Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist ^D English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts ^E `M NA `1 NA% `- NA% `. NA% 
]$ ^F `4 Bailiwick of Guernsey `5 Guernsey ^G British crown dependency ^H NA ^I Saint Peter Port ^J none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 10 parishes including Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson, Vale, Castel, Saint Saviour, Saint Pierre du Bois, Torteval, Forest, Saint Martin, Saint Andrew ^K none (British crown dependency) ^L Liberation Day, 9 May (1945) ^M unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice ^N English law and local statutes; justice is administered by the Royal Court ^O 18 years of age; universal ^P `6 Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Sir John FOLEY (since NA 2000) `7 Chief Minister Laurie MORGAN (since 1 May 2004) `8 Policy Council elected by the States of Deliberation `9 the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister is elected by States of Delibertion `: Laurie MORGAN elected chief minister, percent of vote of the States of Deliberation NA% ^Q unicameral States of Deliberation (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote for 4 years); note - Alderney and Sark have their own parliaments `9 last held 21 April 2004 (next to be held NA 2008) `: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents ^R Royal Court ^S none; all independents ^T none ^U UPU ^V none (British crown dependency) ^W none (British crown dependency) ^X 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 
]% ^Y Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance - account for about 55% of total income in this tiny, prosperous 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 environment under which Guernsey operates. ^Z $2.59 billion (2003 est.) ^[ 3% (2003 est.) ^\ purchasing power parity - $40,000 (2003 est.) ^] `; 3% `< 10% `= 87% (2000) ^^ 32,290 (2001) ^` 0.5% (1999 est.) ^a NA% _! `> NA% `? NA% _" 4.9% (2004 est.) _# `@ $539.2 million `A $448.3 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2002 est.) _$ tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle _% tourism, banking _& NA% _' NA kWh _( NA kWh _) 0 kWh (2002) _* 0 kWh (2002) _/ $NA _0 tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables _1 UK (regarded as internal trade) _2 $NA _3 coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment _4 UK (regarded as internal trade) _5 $NA _6 NA _7 British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Guernsey pound _8 Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001), 0.6609 (2000) note: the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound _9 calendar year 
]& _: 55,000 (2001) _; 31,500 (2001) _< `B NA `C NA `D 1 submarine cable _= AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) _> 1 (1997) _? .gg _A NA 
]' _B `! NA km `E NA km `F NA km _C Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson _D 2 (2004 est.) _E `! 2 `_ 1 `T 1 (2004 est.) 
]( _G defense is the responsibility of the UK 
]) _H none 