| GEOGRAPHY |
| Country name: |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Isle of Man |
| Capital: |
Douglas |
| Location: |
Western Europe, island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland |
| Geographic
Coordinates: |
54 15 N, 4 30 W |
| Area: |
total: 572 sq km
land: 572 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
| Area
Comparative: |
slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC |
| Land
Boundaries: |
0 km |
| Coastline: |
160 km |
| Maritime
Claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm |
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| Climate: |
temperate; cool summers and mild winters; overcast about one-third of the time |
| Terrain: |
hills in north and south bisected by central valley |
| Elavation
Extremes: |
lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
highest point: Snaefell 621 m |
| Natural
Resources: |
none |
| GOVERNEMENT |
| Governement
Type: |
parliamentary democracy |
| Administratives
Divisions: |
none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 24 local authorities each with its own elections |
| Independence |
none (British crown dependency) |
| National
Holiday: |
Tynwald Day, 5 July |
| Constitution: |
unwritten; note - The Isle of Man Constitution Act, 1961, does not embody the unwritten Manx Constitution |
| Legal
System; |
English common law and Manx statute |
| Suffrage |
18 years of age; universal |
| Executive
Branch: |
chief of state: Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor Ian MACFADYEN (since 26 October 2002)
head of government: Chief Minister Donald GELLING (since 14 December 2004)
cabinet: Council of Ministers
elections: the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch for a five-year term; the Chief Minister is elected by the Tynwald; election last held 14 December 2004 (next to be held NA December 2010)
election results: Donald GELLING elected chief minister by the Tynwald; note - Richard CORKILL resigned 2 December 2004 |
| Legislative
Branch: |
bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative Council (an 11-member body composed of the President of Tynwald, the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 others named by the House of Keys) and the House of Keys (24 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: House of Keys - last held 22 November 2001 (next to be held NA November 2006)
election results: House of Keys - percent of vote by party - Man Labor Party 17.3%, Alliance for Progressive Government 14.6%; seats by party - Man Labor Party 2, Alliance for Progressive Government 3, independents 19 |
| Judicial
Branch: |
High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor) |
| Political
parties and Leaders: |
Man Labor Party [leader NA]; Alliance for Progressive Government [leader NA]; Man Nationalist Party [leader NA]
note: most members sit as independents |
| PEOPLE |
| Population: |
75,049 (July 2005 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 17.4% (male 6,681/female 6,365)
15-64 years: 65.5% (male 24,693/female 24,482)
65 years and over: 17.1% (male 5,163/female 7,665) (2005 est.) |
| Median age: |
total: 39.48 years
male: 38.16 years
female: 40.89 years (2005 est.) |
| Nationality: |
noun: Manxman (men), Manxwoman (women)
adjective: Manx |
| Ethnic groups: |
Manx (Norse-Celtic descent), Briton |
| Religions: |
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends |
| Languages: |
English, Manx Gaelic |
| COMUNICATIONS |
| Telephones - main
lines in use: |
51,000 (1999) |
| Telephones - mobile
cellular: |
NA |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: NA
domestic: landline, telefax, mobile cellular telephone system
international: fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, satellite earth station, submarine cable |
| Radio broadcast
stations: |
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) |
| Television broadcast
stations: |
0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999) |
| Internet country
code: |
.im |
| Internet hosts: |
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| Internet users: |
NA |
| TRANSPORT |
| Railways: |
total: 61 km (35 km electrified) (2003) |
| Highways: |
total: 800 km
paved: 800 km
unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
| Waterways: |
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| Pipelines: |
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| Ports and harbors: |
Castletown, Douglas, Peel, Ramsey |
| Merchant marine: |
total: 267 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,834,626 GRT/11,354,689 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 31, cargo 54, chemical tanker 45, combination ore/oil 1, container 15, liquefied gas 46, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 53, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 10, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 5
foreign-owned: 253 (Australia 1, Bahamas 8, Denmark 39, France 2, Germany 55, Greece 20, Hong Kong 3, Italy 7, Japan 4, Netherlands 2, New Zealand 1, Norway 18, Singapore 2, Sweden 1, Turkey 2, United Kingdom 86, United States 2)
registered in other countries: 9 (2005) |
| Airports: |
1 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with
paved runways: |
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with
unpaved runways: |
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| Heliports: |
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