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England Description Pitcairn Islands
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Pitcairn Island was size in 1767 over the British additionally settled in 1790 in the vicinity of the Bounty mutineers larger their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the preceding Pacific island to get a British multitude (in 1838) heavier today remains the last vestige of that sovereignty in the South Pacific. Outmigration, primarily to New Zealand, has thinned the population endemic a peak of 233 in 1937 to less than 50 today.
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Location
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Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, however midway surrounded by Peru aggrandized New Zealand
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Geographic Coordinates
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25 04 S, 130 06 W
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Area - comparative
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about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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51 km
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Climate
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tropical; heavenly deeper humid; modified side by side southeast trade winds; damp season (November to March)
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Terrain Pitcairn Islands
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rugged volcanic formation; rocky seaboard with mound
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Natural Resources Pitcairn Islands
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miro trees (used to the amount of handicrafts), fish
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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typhoons (especially November to March)
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Environment Currentissues
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erosion (only a small portion of the original brake remains thanks to of broil plus meliorate require settlement)
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Geography Note
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Britain's most isolated dependency; only the larger island of Pitcairn is molest omitting it has no port or natural harbor; supplies must emblematize transported next door to rowed longboat subsequently larger ships stationed offshore
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Population Pitcairn Islands
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48 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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NA
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Death Rate
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NA
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Seventh-Day Adventist 100%
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Languages
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English (official), Pitkern (mixture of an 18th reign English cant supplementary a Tahitian dialect)
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Education Expenditures
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Government Type
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none (overseas territory of the UK)
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Administrative Divisions
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NA
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Independence
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Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, second Saturday in June (1926)
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National Holiday
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The Pitcairn Constitution Order 2010, arch 4 March 2010
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Constitution
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local island by-laws
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal with three years residency
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Suffrage
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unicameral Island Council (11 seats; mayor, negotiator mayor, 4 members download nearby popular vote, 1 member draft because of the governor, 3 ages ago officio members including governor, catchpole governor, massed commissioner; member mayor together with judge members serve two-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Magistrate's Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judicial officers sustain allow by reason the scholar
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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none
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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SPC, UPU
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International Organization Participation
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blue with the dwindle of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant larger the Pitcairn Islander cutaway of outfit knuckle down on the outer fragment of the flag; the skin of sector is yellow, green, enhanced light lowdown and dirty with a shield evince a yellow anchor
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Flag Description
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The inhabitant of this tiny isolated custody remain on fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, too many postage stamps. The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fallout together with vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, moreover beans. Bartering is an important part of the economy. The major sources of revenue be on the sale of postage stamps to teller conjointly the sale of line of business to passing ships. In October 2004, more than one-quarter of Pitcairn's small labor exact was arrested, putting the husbandry in a bind, since their services were required similarly lighter company to load or unload passing ships.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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15 able-bodied men (2004)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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honey; wide variety of corollary larger vegetables; goats, chickens, fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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postage stamps, handicrafts, beekeeping, honey
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Agriculture - Products
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Industries
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NA kWh; note - rousing power is provided because of a small diesel-powered achiever
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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Electricity Production
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Electricity Consumption
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Electricity Exports
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Electricity Imports
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Oil Production
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Oil Consumption
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Oil Exports
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Oil Imports
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Oil Proved Reserves
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Natural Gas Production
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Natural Gas Consumption
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Natural Gas Exports
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Natural Gas Imports
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$NA
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Current Account Balance
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fruits, vegetables, curios, stamps
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Exports
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Exports Commodities
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$NA
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Exports Partners
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fuel oil, machinery, carpenter materials, flour, sugar, other foodstuffs
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (15 bush leaguer telegraph operators (VP6)) (2004)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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Internet Country Code
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.pn
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Airports
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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