Guernsey
Information about Guernsey
| Bailiwick of Guernsey Bailliage de Guernesey | ||||||
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| Anthem "God Save the Queen" (official) "Sarnia Cherie" (official for occasions when distinguishing anthem required) | ||||||
| Capital | St Peter Port | |||||
| Official languages | English (predominant) French (legislative) | |||||
| Recognised regional languages | Guernésiais | |||||
| Government | British crown dependency | |||||
| - | Head of state | Elizabeth II, Duke of Normandy | ||||
| - | Lt. Governor | Sir Fabian Malbon | ||||
| - | Bailiff | Geoffrey Rowland | ||||
| - | Chief Minister | Mike Torode | ||||
| British crown dependency | ||||||
| - | Separation from mainland Normandy | 1204 | ||||
| - | Liberation from Nazi Germany | 9 May 1945 | ||||
| - | Water (%) | 0 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | July 2007 estimate | 65,573 (197th) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2003 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $2.59 billion (176th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $40,000 (5th2) | ||||
| HDI (n/a) | n/a (n/a) (n/a) | |||||
| Currency | Pound sterling3 (GBP) | |||||
| Time zone | GMT | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | (UTC+1) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .gg | |||||
| Calling code | +44-1481 | |||||
| 1 | Rank based on population density of the Channel Islands including Jersey. | |||||
| Little Chapel, Les Vauxbelets, Guernsey Image:Little chapel (inside), Guernsey (1993).jpg | ||||||
- For the Radiohead song, see "The National Anthem".
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"God Save the Queen", or "God Save the King", is an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms; it currently serves as the national anthem of the United Kingdom, one of the two national anthems of New Zealand, and the royal anthem of Canada and of Australia.
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Sarnia Cherie is used as the anthem of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. 'Sarnia' is a traditional Latin name for the island, hence, the title translates as 'dear Guernsey'.
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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St Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey, as well as the main port of the island. Population was 16,488 in 2001. In Guernesiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port.
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English}}}
Writing system: Latin (English variant)
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng
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Writing system: Latin (English variant)
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng
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French (français, pronounced [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a Romance language originally spoken in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, and today by about 300 million people around the world as either
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A regional language is a language spoken in a part of a state, be it a small area, a federal state or province, or a wider area. It is often mistaken for a dialect.
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Guernésiais, also known as Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French, Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of Norman language spoken in Guernsey. It is sometimes known on the island, by the semi-disparaging name "patois".
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government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.[1]
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Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary;<ref name="sur" /> born 21 April 1926) is the Queen regnant of sixteen independent states and their overseas territories and dependencies.
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Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Guernsey.
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Guernsey
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Politics of Guernsey
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This article is part of the series:
Politics of Guernsey
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- Lieutenant Governor: Sir Fabian Malbon
- Bailiff: Geoffrey Rowland
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- Bailiff: Geoffrey Rowland
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Geoffrey Rowland is the current Bailiff of Guernsey (since 2005) [1]
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The Chief Minister of Guernsey is the head of government of Guernsey. He or she chairs the Policy Council, roughly equivalent to a Cabinet. The current postholder is Mike Torode who was voted in on 5th March, 2007.
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Michael W. Torode is the current Chief Minister of Guernsey. He was voted in by the States of Deliberation on 5 March 2007. His term expires on 30 April 2008.
Torode succeeded Laurie Morgan following the Fallagate scandal that led to the whole Policy Council of Guernsey
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Torode succeeded Laurie Morgan following the Fallagate scandal that led to the whole Policy Council of Guernsey
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Crown dependencies are possessions of The Crown in Right of the United Kingdom, as opposed to overseas territories or colonies of the United Kingdom. They comprise the Channel Island bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.
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