MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Falklands' population, 2.844, according to preliminary data from this year's census
Preliminary data from the Falkland Islands 2016 census indicates that the usually resident population is 3,248 (2,844 excluding Mount Pleasant Complex), while the total population for Stanley is 2,480 and for Camp is 364, with 184 living on the East, 141 on the West and 39 individuals living on the smaller islands. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAnother Argentine view is that the population of the Falklands is too small for self government. Just as international law does not require a state’s territory to be a minimum size, nor is there a minimum population requirement. Infinitesimal smallness has never been a reason to deny self-determination to a population (‘The Right to Self-Determination in Very Small Places.’ Franck T.M. and Hoffman P.L. 1976, P331) .
Dec 24th, 2016 - 07:58 pm - Link - Report abuse +5Good news.
Dec 24th, 2016 - 08:50 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Best Wishes to the Islanders at Christmas!
Dec 24th, 2016 - 10:27 pm - Link - Report abuse +1And to all the 'good' posters, Capt Poppy, Skip, Elaine, Demon Tree, and all the others I've missed - you know who you are.
Happy Christmas y Feliz Navidad to everyone!
Dec 25th, 2016 - 11:03 am - Link - Report abuse +1Bob
Dec 25th, 2016 - 12:43 pm - Link - Report abuse +2“Another Argentine view is that the population of the Falklands is too small for self government”
The problem is, from their point of view, their pronouncements are never a blow to the Islanders and you would think they would try to minutely examine history to evidence their claim or come up with an overwhelmingly convincing argument for that claim.
It's like their proximity theory, at once it can be countered by other territories near to the coast of larger ones that, do not become the property of those larger territories.
I hope the British government take note of the work of Roger Lorton. Terence Hill and yourself, which provide reasons why the Argentine arguments for sovereignty over the Falkland Islands are so poorly researched, pathetic and doomed to failure.
Actually I think the real problem is that Argentina is “too large to be governed by its available level of talent.”
Dec 25th, 2016 - 07:41 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Commenting for this story is now closed.
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