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| Pitcairn Islands Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see i Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today remains the last vestige of that empire in the South Pacific. Outmigration, primarily to New Zealand, has thinned the population from a peak of 233 in 1937 to less than 50 today. Britain's most isolated dependency is composed of five islands: Pitcairn, Oeno, Sandy, Henderson and Ducie. Only the larger island of Pitcairn is inhabited but it has no port or natural harbor; supplies must be transported by rowed longboat from larger ships stationed offshore. _________Getting Around Edit This i Tin Tub and Moss are three longboats used for transport between Bounty Bay and boats anchored offshore or the occasional trip to Oeno and Henderson. Three and four-wheeled fat-tyred motorcycles or ATVs are the usual means of transport around the island. The roughly 6km (3.7mi) of dirt roads turn into famously sticky mud when it rains. _________Economy Edit This Economy—overview: The inhabitants exist on fishing and subsistence farming. The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables including citrus sugarcane watermelons bananas yams and beans. Bartering is an important part of the economy. The major sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors and the sale of handicrafts to passing ships. GDP: purchasing power parity—$NA GDP—real growth rate: NA% GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity—$NA GDP—composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% Inflation rate—consumer price index: NA% Labor force: total: 14 able-bodied men (1993) by occupation: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $729 884 expenditures: $878 119 including capital expenditures of $NA (FY94/95 est.) Industries: postage stamps handicrafts Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity—capacity: NA kW Electricity—production: NA kWh Electricity—consumption per capita: NA kWh Agriculture—products: wide variety of fruits and vegetables Exports: $NA commodities: fruits vegetables curios partners: NA Imports: $NA commodities: fuel oil machinery building materials flour sugar other foodstuffs partners: NA Debt—external: $NA Economic aid: recipient: ODA bilateral commitments (1992-93) $84 000 Currency: 1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1—1.7283 (January 1998) 1.5083 (1997) 1.4543 (1996) 1.5235 (1995) 1.6844 (1994) 1.8495 (1993) Fiscal year: 1 April—31 March __________People Edit This Population: 50 (July 1998 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA Population growth rate: -0.6% (1998 est.) Birth rate: NA births/1 000 population Death rate: NA deaths/1 000 population Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1 000 population Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1 000 live births Life expectancy at birth: total population: NA male: NA female: NA Total fertility rate: NA children born/woman Nationality: noun: Pitcairn Islander(s) adjective: Pitcairn Islander Ethnic groups: descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives Religions: Seventh-Day Adventist 100% Languages: English (official) Tahitian/English dialect |