Do You Know About Falkland or Islas Malvinas: - A Beautiful and Small But Happy Country

Falkland or Islas Malvinas is an archipelago which is a British overseas territory. It is a remote island of 740 small islands situated in south Atlantic.  It is small and beautiful country with attractive natural landscapes and amazing wildlife. Plenty of natural beauty available here to explore. 

Falkland Castle

Indigenous population and civilization does exist here and people live here in harmony. Their total populations is approx 3300 in entire country but most of them approx 2200 lives in world’s one of the smallest capital Stanley.

Know some facts about Falkland or Islas Malvinas

1:- Civilization in Falkland:- Yes civilization does exist here, Falkland’s indigenous population is nearby 3300 and most of them are the residents of capital Stanley around 2200. They have many tourist canters.

Beautiful Wildlife and Penguins in Falkland

2:- Sovereignty of Falkland:- Majority of People in Falkland are posterity of British colonist, Even though Stanley is more than 8000 miles from England. They first came here in the start of 19^th century.

Dolphin in Falkland Ocean During Day time

3:- How It Look Like:- Stanley the capital of Falkland looks like a small village of United Kingdom. All the streets in Falkland are narrow and straight. No advertising hoardings here. Traffic is almost nothing here in result there is no red lights.

International Flag Of Falkland Island

4:- Their Flag:- Falkland flag is a mix of defaced Blue Ensign and British flag in the corner. They first adopted this on 25^th January 1999. They have many Souvenirs shops.

5:- Currency In Falkland:- They have their own currency Falkland pounds backed by sterling (The official currency of United Kingdom.) , which only runs here.

Penguins at Seashore in Falkland

6:- Falkland language:- Majority of Falklanders speak British English but in little bit of thicker accents.

7:- Public Transport and Communication:- They have double Decker red buses and red telephone booths here for public uses. All drive here on the left side of road.

Mountain in Falkland

8:- Falklanders Favorite Food:- They like to eat fish and chips with pint of beers. There are many pubs all looks like British. No recognizable chain is available here like Pizza Hut, McDonald, and Starbucks. But there are verity of supermarkets and restaurants.

9:- Banks and ATMs:- They don’t have any central bank but only one standard charted bank in their capital Stanley and no ATM. This only bank provides them the facilities of retail, commercial and wholesale banking.

10:- Newspapers:- Falklanders have only one newspaper Penguin News in entire country. Which is the only medium of print media here to provide all the news to their residents.

Wreck Port Stanley

11:- Argentina and Britain are fighting for the sovereignty of Falkland:- Everything looks very peaceful and people here are very friendly and kind. And in the other hand Politics is not so peaceful here.

12:- Argentina and Britain are fighting from a long time for the sovereignty of Falkland. Following are some facts about this long live dispute.

a:- In 1833 Britain first started their rule here in Falkland. But from the beginning Argentina is always mentioning this claim that Falkland island is 500 kilometer away from east of their shore.

b:- In result after 99 years a war broke out between Argentina and Britain when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland and South Georgia.

c:- After 3 days later British comes up with their ships and a bloody war took place and fought over 10 weeks on nearby mountains. That costs around 10000 killings of people and in last Argentina surrendered.

d:-A referendum took place in 2013 and 99.8% citizens of Falkland voted in favor to remain a British territory overseas. But a dispute still exists with Argentina Today.

Falkland Church

13:- What Falklanders do for survival or their Jobs:- Very interesting unemployment  rate is noting here, it is less than 1% here. But most of the jobs are not for whole year in a nutshell jobs here are seasonal.  Such as farming or growing vegetables and sheep rearing to sell milk, fiber and wool. In Falkland sheep are in huge numbers and you can assign 160 sheep per head for Falklanders. Also many other jobs are available here in government departments like working in city council, at the airport and in public school as a teacher and so on.

So Falkland is a beautiful and happy country. Everybody should come out from their comfort zones and visit the Falkland’s extremely beautiful nature and landscapes.

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