Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands (FK, FLK) is a territory in South America, with Stanley as its capital. The currency is the Falkland Islands Pound (FKP, FKP). The international dialling code is +500; mobile numbers are written like 51234. The time zone is Atlantic/Stanley. Official language: English.
CurrencyFKPFKP
Dial code+500e.g. 51234
Time zoneStanleyUTC−03:00
LanguageEnglish
CapitalStanley
Population3.7K12.2K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Falkland Islands
- Native name
- Falkland Islands
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- FK
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- FLK
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 238
- Demonym
- Falkland Islander
- Capital
- Stanley
- Region
- Americas › South America
- Status
- Dependency or territory
- Groups
- South America
- Internet domain
- .fk
- Coordinates
- -51.75, -59
- Area
- 12,173 km²
- Population
- 3,662
- GDP
- $206.4M ($56.4K per person)
- Literacy
- 99%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
- None
Currency
Falkland Islands Pound FKP
- Symbol
- FKP narrow £
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- £1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| English en | Official | 77% (2.8K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic/Stanley | UTC−03:00 | none | Falkland Islands Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +500
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 5 digits
- Emergency number
- 999 pattern 999
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 31234 | +500 31234 | XXXXX | 5 |
| Mobile | 51234 | +500 51234 | XXXXX | 5 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City}
{Postal code}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, Postal code
- Uppercase fields
- City, Postal code
Postal code
- Pattern
FIQQ 1ZZ- Examples
- FIQQ 1ZZ
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also h, hb, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Falkland Islands) locale (en-FK), amounts in FKP.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (FKP)
- £1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (£1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Falkland Islands pounds
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C