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Pitcairn Islands

Introduction to Pitcairn Islands

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.

Government

Capital:

Adamstown 

National holiday:

Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, second Saturday in June (1926)

Economy

Economy overview:

The inhabitants of this tiny isolated economy exist on fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, and postage stamps. 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. 

Agriculture products:

wide variety of fruits and vegetables, goats, chickens 

Industries:

postage stamps, handicrafts 

Transportation

Highways:

total: 6.4 km
paved: 0 km
unpaved: 6.4 km

Ports and harbors:

Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)

Merchant marine:

total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 3,313 GRT/5,651 DWT
by type: cargo 1 (2003 est.)