falkland islands in English

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a group of more than 100 islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, an overseas territory of the UK, about 300 miles (500 km) east of the Strait of Magellan; population 3,100 (est. 2008); capital, Stanley (on East Falkland). They were occupied and colonized by Britain in 1832–33, following the expulsion of an Argentine garrison. Argentina has contested British sovereignty and continues to refer to the islands by their old Spanish name, the Malvinas. In 1982, an Argentine invasion led to the Falklands War, which ended in a successful British reoccupation.

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1. June 14: Falkland Islands liberated by British task force.

2. Same-sex marriage has been legal in the Falkland Islands since 29 April 2017.

3. Amphibolies in the news: British left waffles on Falkland Islands as prostitutes appeal to pope

4. In 1982, it became the intermediate stop for Royal Air Force flights to and from the Falkland Islands.

5. During the two world wars the Falkland Islands Company and other absentee farm landlords consolidated their hold over the local economy- reinvesting little

6. During the two world wars the Falkland Islands Company and other absentee farm landlords consolidated their hold over the local economy ‐ reinvesting little.

7. This fish occurs on 28 to 604 meters, mostly at depths shallower than 250 meters, from Valdivia and Estrecho de Magallanes to Argentina and the Falkland Islands.

8. Having determined their future, the islanders had been able to amend their Constitution, thus putting an end to the institution of absentee landlords and giving the Falkland Islands Government greater independence.

9. Having determined their future, the islanders had been able to amend their Constitution, thus putting an end to the institution of absentee landlords and giving the Falkland Islands Government greater independence

10. Until # there were # farms in the Islands, almost all owned by absentee landlords and commercial interests, the largest of which was the Falkland Islands Company, which had been operating since

11. For more than a century, the Falkland Islands Company dominated the trade and employment of the archipelago; in addition, it owned most housing in Stanley, which greatly benefited from the wool trade with the UK.

12. Among the countries that border with Bolivia are: Brazil (Brazilian real / Boliviano converter), Chile (Chilean Peso / Boliviano converter), Perú (Nuevo Sol / Boliviano converter), Argentina (Argentine Peso / Boliviano converter), Paraguay (Guaraní / Boliviano converter) and Falkland Islands

13. The Falkland Islands Meat Marketing Board estimates that approximately # lambs will be processed in the abattoir in # and a management programme is under way that aims to increase the number significantly over the next three to five years

14. The Falkland Islands Meat Marketing Board estimates that approximately 10,000 lambs will be processed in the abattoir in 2003 and a management programme is under way that aims to increase the number significantly over the next three to five years.

15. Antarctic Trip Highlights - Best Places to Travel in Antarctica The most popular regions for Antarctic cruises are the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea, Ross Sea, and the sub-Antarctic South Georgia & the Sandwich Islands, and The Falkland Islands

16. At its 1st and 3rd meetings, on 21 February and 18 June 2001, by adopting the suggestions relating to the organization of its work put forward by the Chairman and the Acting Chairman (A/AC.109/2000/L.2 and Rev.1) the Special Committee decided, inter alia, to take up the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) as a separate item and to consider it at its plenary meetings.

17. Among the initiatives discussed were the branding and marketing of Falkland Islands (Malvinas) natural products (i.e. meat, wool, fish, calcified seaweed fertilizer and kelp) to world markets; fast-tracking the export of organic agriculture; the construction of a new abattoir built to European Union standards to open in July 2001; an open-door licensing policy for hydrocarbon exploration in unlicensed acreage; the development of onshore fisheries activity; the construction of a new deep-water port for use by tourist and commercial vessels; the responsible development of tourism and the development of a new Falklands (Malvinas) Internet portal with linked web sites to promote a welcoming image of the Islands and to facilitate e-commerce.