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Falkland Islands

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FALKLAND ISLANDS
FALKLAND ISLANDS

The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory. They are claimed by Argentina and are known in Spanish as Islas Malvinas. This name should not under any circumstances be used on letters addressed to Falkland Islanders unless your aim is to provoke. The islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are dependencies of the Falkland Islands.

For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here External, to postal code pages here External and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here External.

Table of Contents

Falkland Islands - Country information

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Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

3 032 (2016) [1]

Capital

Currency

1 Falkland Pound (£F) (ISO 4217=FKP) = 100 pence (equivalent to the British Pound Sterling)

International telephone access code

500

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

n/a

Internet country code

FK

GRC Country Code

FAL

Falkland Islands - Number format 

   Note: This section last updated 18th April 2021

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

Falkland Islands - Date and time formats

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   Note: This section last updated 18th April 2021

   dd/mm/yyyy

Both the 12-hour and 24-hour clock notations are used. 

   14:32

Falkland Islands - Languages

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English External is spoken.

Falkland Islands - Example address format

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   Note: This section last updated 1st July 2020

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or

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Any building number will be written in front of the street name. 

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired External

Falkland Islands - Post office box

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This is written P.O. Box.

Falkland Islands - Postal codes

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All addresses in The Falkland Islands have the postal code (known locally as Postcode) FIQQ 1ZZ. All addresses in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands have the postal code SIQQ 1ZZ. 

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired External

Falkland Islands - Postal code format graphic

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Falkland Islands - Postal code format

Falkland Islands - Postal code specifics

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Falkland Islands - Postal code regular expression

\A( (FIQQ 1ZZ)|(SIQQ 1ZZ) )\Z

Falkland Islands - Postal code level of coverage

1

Falkland Islands - Postal code map

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Falkland Islands - Administrative districts 

   Note: This section last updated 1st July 2020

Falkland Islands has no internal administrative divisions.

Telephone numbers in the Falkland Islands

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Telephone numbers on the Falkland Islands have no area codes. All subscriber numbers have 5 digits. Mobile numbers commence 5 or 6.

Properties with value Falkland Islands

References

  1. ^ citypopulation.de/en/falklands/ External 20230111

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