Officially name: The Falkland Islands
Capital: Stanley
Largest city: Stanley
Official language: English
Government: British Overseas Territory (constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democratic dependency)
The Falkland Islands have a Maritime Subarctic climate that is very much influenced by the cool South Atlantic ocean and its northerly Patagonian current giving it a narrow annual temperature range.
Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2012 census, the town had a population of 2,121. The entire population of the Falkland Island was 2,841 on Census Day on 15 April 2012.