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    The Falkland Islands (/ˈfɔː(l)klənd, ˈfɒlk-/ FAW(L)K-lənd, FOLK-; Spanish: Islas Malvinas [ˈislas malˈβinas]) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean...
    94 KB (9,223 words) - 15:47, 11 October 2024
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    The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent...
    212 KB (23,123 words) - 15:40, 16 October 2024
  • Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) is disputed by Argentina and the United Kingdom. The British claim to sovereignty dates...
    98 KB (10,815 words) - 01:44, 3 October 2024
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    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...
    33 KB (3,384 words) - 15:46, 12 September 2024
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    There were only two exceptions: Falkland Islanders, who were automatically granted British citizenship, and with the Falkland Islands treated as a part of...
    111 KB (8,901 words) - 22:39, 13 October 2024
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    The COVID-19 pandemic in the Falkland Islands is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory...
    18 KB (1,619 words) - 21:31, 6 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for History of the Falkland Islands
    The history of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking...
    98 KB (12,488 words) - 21:52, 15 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands
    Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands is the unicameral legislature of the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. The Legislative Assembly...
    14 KB (1,189 words) - 11:41, 3 June 2024
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    Falkland Islanders, also called Falklanders and nicknamed Kelpers, are the people of the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. The Islanders...
    12 KB (1,046 words) - 20:23, 30 June 2024
  • The pound is the currency of the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. The symbol is the pound sign, £. The ISO 4217...
    10 KB (827 words) - 04:32, 17 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Politics of the Falkland Islands
    The politics of the Falkland Islands takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary representative democratic dependency as...
    20 KB (2,240 words) - 12:29, 12 September 2024
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    is a Royal Air Force station in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. The airfield goes by the motto of "Defend the right" (while the...
    36 KB (3,095 words) - 17:42, 18 September 2024
  • Having taken shape from activities during World War II, it was known as the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey until 1962. Operation Tabarin was a small British...
    23 KB (1,857 words) - 01:14, 3 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Military of the Falkland Islands
    The Falkland Islands are a British overseas territory and, as such, rely on the United Kingdom for the guarantee of their security. The other UK territories...
    42 KB (3,484 words) - 20:42, 15 October 2024
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    and transgender (LGBT) people in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands enjoy most of the same rights as non-LGBT people. Marriage and...
    21 KB (1,353 words) - 05:14, 29 September 2024
  • The economy of the Falkland Islands, which first involved sealing, whaling and provisioning ships, became heavily dependent on sheep farming from the 1870s...
    54 KB (5,317 words) - 01:41, 3 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Falkland Islands English
    Falkland Islands English is the dialect of the English language spoken in the Falkland Islands. Though it is mainly British in character, as a result of...
    10 KB (988 words) - 23:29, 15 October 2024
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    The governor of the Falkland Islands is the representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands, acting "in His Majesty's name and on His Majesty's...
    13 KB (1,369 words) - 12:31, 12 September 2024
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    Education in the Falkland Islands starts with childcare for babies, all the way to lifelong learning for adults. It broadly follows the English education...
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    Port Stanley Airport (category Airports in the Falkland Islands)
    also merely known as Stanley Airport, is a small civil airport in the Falkland Islands, located two miles (3 kilometres) from the capital, Stanley. This...
    16 KB (1,718 words) - 09:11, 24 August 2024
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