The majority of people in the Falkland Islands are of British descent (approximately 70%), including people from the United Kingdom who have obtained Falkland Island status, becoming what are known locally as 'belongers'. However a few are of Scandinavian descent. Some are the descendants of whalers who reached the Islands during the last two centuries. Furthermore there is a small minority of South American, mainly Chilean origin, and in more recent times many people from St Helena have also come to work in the Islands. Falkland Islands has been a center of English-language learning for South Americans. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Population: 2,826 (July 2000 est.)

Nationality: Nationality is, in English usage, a legal relationship existing between a person and a state. ...

• noun: Falkland Islander(s)
• adjective: Falkland Island

Ethnic groups: British Isles The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ...

Religions: primarily Church of England, Roman Catholicism, United Free Church, Evangelist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutheranism, Seventh-day Adventism The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Lutheran tradition is a group of Christian denominations who accept the main theological insights of Martin Luther. ... The Seventh-day Adventist Church, or SDA for short, is an evangelical Christian denomination that grew out of the prophetic Millerite movement in the United States during the middle part of the 19th century. ...

The extra-provincial Anglican parish of the Falkland Islands is under the direct jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Languages: English (official and dominant), Spanish The term Anglican (from the Angles or English) describes those people and churches following the religious traditions developed by the established Church of England. ... Arms of the Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

See also : Falkland Islands