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The Falkland Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic consisting of two main islands known as East Falkland and West Falkland and a number of smaller islands. Sovereignty of the islands is also claimed by Argentina where the islands are known as Islas Malvinas. The capital Port Stanley is on East Falkland.


The Falkland Islands
( In Detail) ( In Detail )
Motto: Desire the right
Official language English
Capital Port Stanley
Governor Howard Pearce
Chief Executive Chris Simpkins
Area
 - Total
 - % water
not ranked
12,173 km²
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Population
 - Total ( 2003 E)
 - DensityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex
not rankedThis is a list of countries by population . The data are from the CIA World Factbook 2003 and although not always quite up to date, at least roughly accurate. In the main list dependent or occupied areas are listed under the country which governs the area
2,967
0.24/km²
CurrencyFor exchange rates, see here. A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and services. It is a form of money, where money is defined as a medium of exchange rather than e. a store of value. A currency zone is a country or region Falkland poundAs a unit of currency, the term pound originates from the value of a Troy pound weight ( Latin libra , of high purity silver, and is the currency unit of a number of countries: Cyprus see Cyprus Pound Egypt Gibraltar Lebanon Malta Syria see Syrian pound U (FKP; fixed to GBP)
Time zoneTime Zone was also an old historical computer game. Time zones are areas of the Earth that have adopted the same standard time. Formerly, people used local solar time (originally apparent and then mean), resulting in time differing slightly from town to t UTCCoordinated Universal Time or UTC also sometimes referred to as Zulu time , the basis for civil time differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. Time zones around the world are expressed as positi -4 ( DST -3)
National anthem God Save the Queen
Internet TLD .FK
Calling Code 500




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