]! ^! Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century when it was ceded to Scotland, the isle came under the British crown in 1765. Current concerns include reviving the almost extinct Manx Gaelic language. Isle of Man is a British crown dependency, but is not part of the UK. However, the UK Government remains constitutionally responsible for its defense and international representation. 
]" ^" Western Europe, island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland ^# 54 15 N, 4 30 W ^$ Europe ^% `! 572 sq km `" 572 sq km `# 0 sq km ^& slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC ^' 0 km ^( 160 km ^) `$ 12 nm `l 12 nm ^* temperate; cool summers and mild winters; overcast about one-third of the time ^+ hills in north and south bisected by central valley ^, `% Irish Sea 0 m `& Snaefell 621 m ^- none ^. `' 9% `( 0% `) 91% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (2002) ^/ 0 sq km ^0 NA ^1 waste disposal (both household and industrial); transboundary air pollution ^2 one small islet, the Calf of Man, lies to the southwest, and is a bird sanctuary 
]# ^3 75,831 (July 2007 est.) ^4 `+ 17.1% (male 6,645/female 6,330) `, 65.8% (male 25,085/female 24,840) `- 17.1% (male 5,232/female 7,699) (2007 est.) ^5 `! 39.8 years `. 38.6 years `/ 41.2 years (2007 est.) ^6 0.513% (2007 est.) ^7 10.96 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) ^8 11.1 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) ^9 5.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) ^: `0 1.05 male(s)/female `1 1.05 male(s)/female `, 1.01 male(s)/female `- 0.68 male(s)/female `2 0.951 male(s)/female (2007 est.) ^; `! 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births `. 6.67 deaths/1,000 live births `/ 4.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) ^< `2 78.64 years `. 75.3 years `/ 82.17 years (2007 est.) ^= 1.65 children born/woman (2007 est.) ^> NA ^? NA ^@ NA ^A `3 Manxman (men), Manxwoman (women) `4 Manx ^B Manx (Norse-Celtic descent), Britons ^C Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends ^D English, Manx Gaelic ^E `5 NA `2 NA% `. NA% `/ NA% 
]$ ^F `6 none `7 Isle of Man ^G British crown dependency ^H parliamentary democracy ^I `8 Douglas `9 54 09 N, 4 28 W `: UTC 0 (five hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) `p +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October ^J none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 24 local authorities each with its own elections ^K none (British crown dependency) ^L Tynwald Day, 5 July ^M unwritten; note - The Isle of Man Constitution Act of 1961 does not embody the unwritten Manx Constitution ^N English common law and Manx statute ^O 16 years of age; universal ^P `; Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant Governor Sir Paul K. HADDACKS (since 17 October 2005) `< Chief Minister Tony BROWN (since 14 December 2006) `= Council of Ministers `> the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch for a five-year term; the chief minister is elected by the Tynwald; election last held 14 December 2006 (next to be held in December 2008) `? House of Keys speaker Tony BROWN elected chief minister by the Tynwald ^Q bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative Council (an 11-member body composed of the President of Tynwald, the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and eight others named by the House of Keys) and the House of Keys (24 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) `> House of Keys - last held 23 November 2006 (next to be held in November 2011) `? House of Keys - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Liberal Vannin Party 2, Man Labor Party 1, independents 21 ^R High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor) ^S Alliance for Progressive Government; Liberal Vannin Party [Peter KARRAN]; Man Labor Party; Man Nationalist Party (Mec Vannin) [Bernard MOFFATT] (branch of the British National Party) `* most members sit as independents ^T none ^U UPU ^V none (British crown dependency) ^W none (British crown dependency) ^X red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (Trinacria), in the center; the three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the knee; in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides of the flag, a two-sided emblem is used 
]% ^Y Offshore banking, manufacturing, and tourism are key sectors of the economy. The government offers incentives to high-technology companies and financial institutions to locate on the island; this has paid off in expanding employment opportunities in high-income industries. As a result, agriculture and fishing, once the mainstays of the economy, have declined in their shares of GDP. The Isle of Man also attracts online gambling sites and the film industry. Trade is mostly with the UK. The Isle of Man enjoys free access to EU markets. ^Z $2.719 billion (2005 est.) ^[ $2.719 billion (2005 est.) ^\ 5.2% (2005) ^] $35,000 (2005 est.) ^^ `@ 1% `A 13% `B 86% (2000 est.) ^_ 39,690 (2001) ^` agriculture, forestry, and fishing 3%, manufacturing 11%, construction 10%, transport and communication 8%, wholesale and retail distribution 11%, professional and scientific services 18%, public administration 6%, banking and finance 18%, tourism 2%, entertainment and catering 3%, miscellaneous services 10% ^a 1.5% (December 2006 est.) _! NA% _" `C NA% `D NA% _# 3.1% (December 2006 est.) _$ `E $965 million `F $943 million; including capital expenditures of $96 million (FY05/06 est.) _& cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry _' financial services, light manufacturing, tourism _( 3.2% (FY96/97) _3 $NA _4 tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb _5 UK (2004) _6 $NA _7 timber, fertilizers, fish _8 UK (2004) _9 $NA _: $NA _; British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Manx pound _< Manx pounds per US dollar - 0.5418 (2006), 0.5493 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002) `* the Manx pound is at par with the British pound _= 1 April - 31 March 
]& _> 51,000 (1999) _@ `G NA `H landline, telefax, mobile cellular telephone system `I fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, satellite earth station, submarine cable _A AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) _B 0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999) _C .im _D 290 (2006) _E NA 
]' _F 1 (2006) _G `! 1 `b 1 (2006) _e `! 65 km `m 7 km 1.067-m gauge (7 km electrified) `n 58 km 0.914-m gauge (29 km electrified) `* primarily summer tourist attractions (2006) _H `! 800 km `K 800 km (1999) _S `! 305 ships (1000 GRT or over) 8,266,229 GRT/13,792,927 DWT by type: bulk carrier 38, cargo 65, chemical tanker 53, container 16, liquefied gas 38, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 74, refrigerated cargo 5, roll on/roll off 9, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 5 `X 213 (Cyprus 1, Denmark 53, Estonia 2, France 2, Germany 56, Greece 45, Italy 5, Japan 4, Monaco 3, Netherlands 1, Norway 27, Singapore 7, Sweden 1, Turkey 3, US 3) `d 9 (Antigua and Barbuda 2, Liberia 5, Marshall Islands 1, NZ 1) (2006) _I Castletown, Douglas, Ramsey 
]( _M defense is the responsibility of the UK 
]) _N none 