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| Learn about the geography, history, people, climate, government, economy, politics, military, and other aspects of Falkland Islands. We have nine pages of interesting Falkland Islands facts & figures: on everything from transportation and communications systems to natural hazards to transitional issues facing .Falkland Islands. When you hear another country being discussed on the news, visit WorldCountries.info and gets the facts. |
| Area |
total: 12,173 sq km land: 12,173 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes the two main islands of East and West Falkland and about 200 small islands |
| Climate |
cold marine; strong westerly winds, cloudy, humid; rain occurs on more than half of days in year; average annual rainfall is 24 inches in Stanley; occasional snow all year, except in January and February, but does not accumulate |
| Population |
3,105 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
English |
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The Falkland Islands were visited by Charles Darwin in the 19th Century and, like the Galapagos, were found by him to contain examples of flora and fauna, not found elsewhere. These discoveries in the context of the isolation of the islands in which they were found prompted thoughts in Darwin, which were ultimately to find shape in his iconoclastic work, Origin of Species.
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CIA World Factbook Description of Falkland Islands |
| Although first sighted by an English navigator in 1592, the first landing (English) did not occur until almost a century later in 1690, and the first settlement (French) was not established until 1764. The colony was turned over to Spain two years later and the islands have since been the subject of a territorial dispute, first between Britain and Spain, then between Britain and Argentina. The UK asserted its claim to the islands by establishing a naval garrison there in 1833. Argentina invaded the islands on 2 April 1982. The British responded with an expeditionary force that landed seven weeks later and after fierce fighting forced an Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982. |
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