Fauklan Isles

Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands;
	Banner Coat o airms
	Motto: "Desire the Right"
	Anthem: "God Save the King" (offeecial); "Song of the Falklands"
	Location o the Fauklan Isles
Status	Breetish Owerseas Territory
Caipital	Stanley; 51°42′S 57°51′W / 51.700°S 57.850°W
Lairgest lairgest dounset	capital
Offeecial leids	Inglis
Demonym(s)	Falkland Islander
Govrenment	Pairlamentar dependency unner a constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Charles III
• Govrenor	Colin Roberts
• Chief Executive	Keith Padgett
• UK meenister responsible	Hugo Swire MP
Legislatur	Legislative Assembly
Establishment
• Breetish rule reasserted	1833
• Croun colony	1841
• Breetish Dependent Territory	1981
• British Owerseas Territory	2002
• Current constitution	2009
Aurie
• Total	12,200 km2 (4,700 sq mi) (162nt)
• Water (%)	0
Population
• 2012 estimate	2,932 (220t)
• Density	0.26/km2 (0.7/sq mi) (241st)
GDP (PPP)	2007 estimate
• Total	$164.5 million (222nt)
• Per capita	$55,400 (10t)
Gini (2010)	34.17; medium · 64t
HDI (2010)	0.874; verra heich · 20th
Currency	Fauklans poond (FKP)
Time zone	UTC−3 (FKST)
Drivin side	left
Cawin code	+500
ISO 3166 code	FK
Internet TLD	.fk
	^ "Song of the Falklands" is uised as the islands' anthem at sportin events.; ^ Fixed tae the poond sterling (GBP).; ^ The Fauklan Isles haes been on FKST year-roond syne September 2010.;

The Fauklan Isles (Inglis: Falkland Islands; Spaingie: Islas Malvinas [malˈβinas]) are a airchipelago in the Sooth Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonie Shelf. The principal islands are aboot 300 mile (480 km) east o Sooth Americae's soothren Patagonie coast, at a latitude o aboot 52°S. The airchipelago, wi a area o 4,700 square mile (12,000 km²), comprises East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 smaller islands. As a Breetish overseas territory, the Fauklan Isles hae internal sel-govrenance, an the Unitit Kinrick taks responsibility for their defence an foreign affairs. The islands' caipital is Stanley on East Falkland.