Islas Marvinas (Spanish) Timeline: Scotland says "Yes"
Falkland Islands OTL equivalent: Falkland Islands | |||||
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Motto: Desire the Right |
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Anthem: God Save the Queen (official) Song of the Falklands |
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Capital | Stanley | ||||
Official languages | English, Scots, French | ||||
Ethnic groups | British, French, Scandinavian, Gibraltarian | ||||
Demonym | Falkland Islander | ||||
Government | Parliamentary dependency under a constitutional monarchy | ||||
Establishment | |||||
- | British rule reasserted | 1833 | |||
- | Crown Colony | 1841 | |||
- | British Dependent Territory | 1981 | |||
- | British Overseas Territory | 2002 | |||
- | Current Constitution | 2009 |
The Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Marvinas) are a group of islands located in the South Atlantic. It is a British Overseas Territory and is currently a source of dispute with Argentina, along with the nearby overseas territory of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. The United Kingdom and Argentina fought a brief war over these territories in 1982, known as the Falklands War. Years after the war, the Falkland Islands are still pro-British.