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The Falkland Islands are biogeographically part of the Antarctic zone, [114] with strong connections to the flora and fauna of Patagonia in mainland South America. [115] Land birds make up most of the Falklands' avifauna. The only endemic bird species on the Falkland Islands are the flightless Falkland steamer duck and Cobb's wren.
Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2016 census, the city had a population of 2,460. [1] The entire population of the Falkland Islands was 3,398 on Census Day – 9 October 2016.
Over 70% of the population of the Falkland Islands live in the capital, Stanley, which is located in East Falkland. The northern part of the island, apart from the coastal strip bordering the Choiseul Sound , is largely underlain by Palaeozoic rocks in the form of quartzite and slate , which tend to form rugged landscapes and coastlines and to ...
The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) became a parliamentary representative dependency, whose members are democratically elected; while the governor, as head of government and representative of the monarch, is purely a figurehead without executive powers. Effectively, the Falkland Islands are self-governing, with the exception of foreign policy.
In 1985, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ceased to be administered as a Falkland Islands Dependency and became a separate territory. The King Edward Point base, which had become a small military garrison after the Falklands War, returned to civilian use in 2001 and is now operated by the British Antarctic Survey.
The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about 250 nautical miles ... The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland. The islands ...
The British government said Thursday that the European Union made a “regrettable choice of words” when it referred to the U.K.-run Falkland Islands as the Malvinas, the name preferred by ...
An enlargeable basic map of the Falkland Islands. Pronunciation: / ˈ f ɔː (l) k l ən d ˈ f ɒ l k-/ Common English country names: The Falkland Islands, the Falklands; Official English country name: The Falkland Islands [1]