Isle of Man Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Isle of Man with its capital Douglas is located in Europe (Western Europe, island in the Irish Sea). It covers some 573 square kilometres (slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC) with 75,049 citizens. English and Manx are the the languages spoken by people in Isle of Man.

The Isle of Man is an island in the British Isles, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. There are many hiking/walking trails and footpaths on the Isle of Man, the most significant being the Raad ny Foillan (The Way of the Gull) which is a 95-mile footpath around the Island. Other trails cross the Island in various locations. The Raad ny Foillan follows the coast for much of its route and is really quite a spectacular hike, well worth the time and effort while visiting the Island.

Pictures from Capital (Douglas)

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About Isle of Man

The topography features hills in north and south bisected by central valley. The average density of population is about 131 per km². The climate in Isle of Man can be described as temperate with cool summers and mild winters, overcast about a third of the time. Potential natural disasters are NA.

To reach someone in Isle of Man dial +44-1624 prior to a number. There are 51,000 installed telephones. And there are 0 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".im". The following list are the 1 regions/states in Isle of Man we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Manx population grew at a rate of 0.52% (or by 402 citizens). With 821 deaths and 823 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0%. 400 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Isle of Man: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.