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Geography
Area 12,173 km²
Continent South America
Land area 12,173 km²
Water area 0 km²
Land boundaries 0 km
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Coastline 1,288 km
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Lowest point 0 m
Highest point 705 m
People
Population 3,198
Official languages
  • English
Religion Christian
Government
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Short country name Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
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Government type Parliamentary democracy
Capital Stanley
Economy
GDP (PPP) 206,400,000 USD
GDP (OER) 206,400,000 USD
GDP (real growth rate) 25.5 %
GDP - per capita (PPP) 70,800 USD
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Labor force 1,850
Unemployment rate 1 %
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Budget revenues 67,100,000 USD
Budget expenditures 75,300,000 USD
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Taxes and other revenues 32.5 % of GDP
Budget surplus or deficit -4 % of GDP
Public debt 0 % of GDP
Inflation rate 1.4 %
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Exports 257,300,000 USD
Imports 90,000,000 USD
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External debt 0 USD
National currency Falkland pounds
National currency (code) FKP
National currency (symbol) £
National currency rate to USD 0.7836

Although first sighted by an English navigator in 1592, the first landing (English) did not occur until almost a century later in 1690, and the first settlement (French) was not established until 1764. The colony was turned over to Spain two years later and the islands have since been the subject of a territorial dispute, first between Britain and Spain, then between Britain and Argentina. The UK asserted its claim to the islands by establishing a naval garrison there in 1833. Argentina invaded the islands on 2 April 1982. The British responded with an expeditionary force that landed seven weeks later and after fierce fighting forced an Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982. With hostilities ended and Argentine forces withdrawn, UK administration resumed. In response to renewed calls from Argentina for Britain to relinquish control of the islands, a referendum was held in March 2013, which resulted in 99.8% of the population voting to remain a part of the UK.

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