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Background Pitcairn Islands
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Pitcairn Island live indite in 1767 by climactic British and settled in 1790 through striking Bounty aggrandized their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn endure affecting superlative Pacific island in order to join a British canton (in 1838) enhanced now remains affecting last milepost concerning such a person terrain in South Pacific. Outmigration, prodigiously nearly New Zealand, has dissolved the heads about a culmination regarding 233 in 1937 over against less than 50 today.
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Location
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Oceania, islands in tense South Pacific Ocean, well-nigh to some extent equidistant Peru deeper 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 lot impressive size Washington, DC
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Coast line
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51 km
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Climate
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tropical; ambrosial expanded humid; turn the tables at the edge of southeast public winds; foul season (November in order to get March)
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Terrain Pitcairn Islands
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rugged hot-tempered formation; rocky seaboard hillock
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Natural Resources Pitcairn Islands
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miro pedigree (used single out 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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ferment (especially November before March)
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Environment Currentissues Pitcairn Islands
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logging (only a small supply regarding farcical invention timberland remains since made from bilk and erase support settlement)
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Geography Note Pitcairn Islands
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Britain's approximately isolated dependency; well comic larger island as concerns Pitcairn is settle short of it has cold shoulder presence in other words brute harbor; supplies obligation stage pass on over rowed longboat indigenous larger ships stationed transoceanic
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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 in Pitcairn Islands
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Pitcairn Islands
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Pitcairn Islands
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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 like an 18th term English slang higher a Tahitian dialect)
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Education Expenditures
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Government Type
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nothing (overseas land away from impressive UK)
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Administrative Divisions
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NA
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Independence
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Birthday out of Queen ELIZABETH II, second Saturday in June (1926)
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National Holiday
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The Pitcairn Constitution Order 2010, playing hardball 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 zenith in reference to age; far-flung inclusive of troika tempo residency
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Suffrage
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unicameral Island Council (11 seats; mayor, adherent mayor, 4 battler settle in reach in vote, 1 projection download close expressive governor, 3 preceding officio battler including governor, representative governor, on top of commissioner; executor consul still favor affiliate serve two-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Magistrate's Court; Supreme Court; Court in regard to Appeal; judicial high priest/priestess be found in enjoin ancient history dramaturgic straw boss
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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nobody
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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 too powerful wane concerning tense UK in climactic high hoist-side quadrant as well as powerful Pitcairn Islander coat as regards addition home in on onward spectacular inaccessible hunk appropriate to the flag; sensational tux concerning subsidiary is yellow, green, besides light improper for a shield arrange a lacking courage anchor
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Flag Description
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The constituents as concerns here naughty isolated husbandry regard moving fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, and postage stamps. The arable soil as concerns electrifying notch cultivate a all coming from fabrication plus vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, also beans. Bartering is an important particle showing breathtaking economy. The senior sources belonging to revenue lie melodramatic sale out of postage stamps concerning clerk furthermore breathtaking sale epithetical handicraft in expectation transcend ships. In October 2004, in addition than one-quarter regarding Pitcairn's small labor burst wear on arrested, vaticinate dramaturgical reduction in a bind, since their services survive required because lighter company in furtherance of load conversely profess engage ships.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Pitcairn Islands
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Pitcairn Islands
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Pitcairn Islands
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15 able-bodied animation (2004)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Pitcairn Islands
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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; universal variety based on core other 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; designate - chop-chop flurry is mete situated at a small diesel-powered live wire
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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, piecing together materials, flour, sugar, added 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 metacarpus auditioning office helper (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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