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Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands, commonly referred to as the Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 mi (500 km) east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and 752 mi (1,210 km) from Cape Dubouzet at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, at a latitude of about 52°S.

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Hosts 1 foreign base: United Kingdom.

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Capital: Stanley
Population: 3,662 inh.
Area: 12,173 km²
Currency: FKP
Regime: —

Executive in office

Head of State

Charles III

since 2022.09.08

Parliament

Assemblée législative des Îles Malouines

11 seats

Inception 2009

Military bases Institute · Wikipedia

active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over foreign base on national soil

Foreign bases on national soil 1

1

RAF Mount Pleasant

United Kingdom · Îles Malouines

Joint · since 1985 · Wikipédia ↗

Sovereignty claimed by Argentina.

Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08

Last election

2025-12-11

Legislative Assembly

Nonpartisan politician 8 seats · turnout 82.7%

Result read from Wikipedia on 2026.10.08 (CC BY-SA)

National anthem

God Save the King

Composer · Henry Carey

Audio not available

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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days

The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 4,370 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 3,410, or ×0.8.

French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users

Sources and freshness

Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)