Camp is the term used in the Falkland Islands to refer to any part of the islands outside of the islands' only significant town, Stanley. From the air Port Stanley, also known as Stanley (briefly renamed Puerto Argentino during the Argentine occupation in the Falklands War), is the capital and only town in the Falkland Islands, located on the isle of East Falkland. ...
The Camp contains various small settlements, such as Goose Green, Darwin, and Port Howard, which are usually little more than several houses. Port Louis in the north of East Falkland is the oldest permanent settlement in the islands, established by the French in 1764. Goose Green is a settlement on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. ... Darwin is a settlement on East Falkland, lying on Choisel Sound, on the east side of the islands central isthmus. ... Port Howard is the largest settlement on West Falkland and is the centre of a 200,000 acre (800 km²) sheep farm. ... Port Louis is a settlement on northeastern East Falkland. ... East Falkland (beige) shown within Falkland Islands East Falkland is the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, with an area of 6,605 square kilometres. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
There are also some British military installations such as Mount Pleasant, and there is also the Bodie Suspension Bridge, the southernmost of its kind in the world. Many parts are still landmined from the time of the Falklands War. Mount Pleasant Henge is a Neolithic henge enclosure in the English county of Dorset. ... The Bodie Suspension Bridge is said to be the southernmost suspension bridge in the world, and is in the Falkland Islands. ... The Falklands War or the Malvinas War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), was an armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, also known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas, between March and June of 1982. ...
Sheep farming is the main industry.
It derives from the Spanish Campo meaning 'countryside'.
The islands are referred to in the English language as "[The] FalklandIslands".
The largest company in the islands is the FalklandIslands Company, a publicly quoted company on the London Stock Exchange and responsible for the majority of the economic activity on the islands, though its farms were sold in 1991 to the FalklandIslands Government.
The extra-provincial Anglican parish of the FalklandIslands is under the direct jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Vernet's occupation of the FalklandIslands in 1830
The FalklandIslands are a Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom, executive authority being vested in Her Majesty the Queen and exercised by the Governor on her behalf.
The population of the FalklandIslands is almost entirely British (96%) The Islands have an ordinary resident population of around 2,120 people, 1,560 or so of whom live in Stanley with the remainder in the "Camp," (the countryside) in East and West Falklands.
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