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the valley administrative divisions: none (overseas territory of the uk) independence: none (overseas territory of the uk) national holiday: anguilla day. 30 may constitution: anguilla constitutional order 1 april 1982; amended 1990 legal system: based on english common law suffrage: 18 years of age; universal executive branch: chief of state: queen elizabeth ii (since 6 february 1952); represented by governor alan eden huckle (since 28 may 2004) head of government: chief minister osbourne fleming (since 3 march 2000) cabinet: executive council appointed by the governor from among the elected members of the house of assembly elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections. the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed chief minister by the governor legislative branch: unicameral house of assembly (11 seats total. 7 elected by direct popular vote. 2 ex officio members. and 2 appointed; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held 21 february 2005 (next to be held 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - auf 38.9%. ansa 19.2%. aum 19.4%. app 9.5 %. independents 13%; seats by party - auf 4. ansa 2. aum 1 judicial branch: high court (judge provided by eastern caribbean supreme court) political parties and leaders: anguilla united movement or aum [hubert hughes]; the anguilla united front or auf [osbourne fleming. victor banks]. a coalition of the anguilla democratic party or adp and the anguilla national alliance or ana; anguilla progressive party or app [roy rogers]; anguilla strategic alternative or ansa [edison baird] political pressure groups and leaders: na international organization participation: caricom (associate). cdb. interpol (subbureau). oecs (associate). upu diplomatic representation in the us: none (overseas territory of the uk) diplomatic representation from the us: none (overseas territory of the uk) flag description: blue. with the flag of the uk in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an interlocking circular design on a white background with blue wavy water below economy - overview: anguilla has few natural resources. and the economy depends heavily on luxury tourism. offshore banking. lobster fishing. and remittances from emigrants. increased activity in the tourism industry. which has spurred the growth of the construction sector. has contributed to economic growth. anguillan officials have put substantial effort into developing the offshore financial sector. which is small. but growing. in the medium term. prospects for the economy will depend largely on the tourism sector and. therefore. on revived income growth in the industrialized nations as well as on favorable weather conditions. gdp (purchasing power parity): $112 million (2002 est.) gdp (official exchange rate): na gdp - real growth rate: 2.8% (2001 est.) gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $7.500 (2002 est.) gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: 4% industry: 18% services: 78% (2002 est.) labor force: 6.049 (2001) labor force - by occupation: agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%. manufacturing 3%. construction 18%. transportation and utilities 10%. commerce 36%. services 29% (2000 est.) unemployment rate: 8% (2002) population below poverty line: 23% (2002) household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: na highest 10%: na inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.3% budget: revenues: $22.8 million expenditures: $22.5 million. including capital expenditures of na (2000 est.) agriculture - products: small quantities of tobacco. vegetables; cattle raising industries: tourism. boat building. offshore financial services industrial production growth rate: 3.1% (1997 est.) electricity - production: na electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: na hydro: na nuclear: na other: na electricity - consumption: 42.6 million kwh exports: $2.6 million (1999) exports - partners: uk. us. puerto rico. saint-martin (2004) imports: $80.9 million (1999) imports - partners: us. puerto rico. uk (2004) debt - external: $8.8 million (1998) economic aid - recipient: $9 million (2004 est.) currency (code): east caribbean dollar (xcd) currency code: xcd exchange rates: east caribbean dollars per us dollar - na (2005). 2.7 (2004). 2.7 (2003). 2.7 (2002). 2.7 (2001) note: fixed rate since 1976 fiscal year: 1 april - 31 march telephones - main lines in use: 6.200 (2002) telephones - mobile cellular: 1.800 (2002) telephone system: general assessment: na domestic: modern internal telephone system international: country code - 1-264; microwave radio relay to island of saint martin (guadeloupe and netherlands antilles) radio broadcast stations: am 2. fm 7. shortwave 0 (2004) radios: 3.000 (1997) television broadcast stations: 1 (1997) televisions: 1.000 (1997) internet country code: .ai internet service providers (isps): 16 (2000) internet users: 3.000 (2002) airports: 3 (2004 est.) airports - with paved runways: total: 1 1.524 to 2.437 m: 1 (2005 est.) airports - with unpaved runways: total: 2 under 914 m: 2 (2005 est.) roadways: total: 105 km paved: 65 km unpaved: 40 km (2002) ports and terminals: blowing point. road bay military - note: defense is the responsibility of the uk disputes - international: none illicit drugs: transshipment point for south american narcotics destined for the us and europe
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