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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
| Location |
S Atlantic Ocean, E of S Argentina |
| Latitude and longitude |
51 45 S, 59 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
United Kingdom; also claimed by Argentina |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Colony of the Falkland Islands" |
| Population |
2,826 |
| Census notes |
est. July 2000 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
12,173 |
| Capital |
Stanley |
Fundamental legal documents online
|
|
British
Overseas Territories Act 2002, on the ISLAND LAW website |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| Falkland
Islands |
| Government of the
Falkland Islands |
| Introduction
to the Falkland Islands, from the Falklands-Malvinas
Forum |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Global
Issues: Overseas Territories |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: Falkland
Islands |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| The
Future of the Falkland Islands and Its People, by Dr. Lyubomir
Ivanov (2003)
|
| United Nations Secretariat, Working
Paper on the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), prepared for the
Special Committee of the U.N. General Assembly on the Situation with
Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of
Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (A/AC.109/2003/17, May 20,
2003) (PDF) |
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