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The '''Falkland Islands''' are an [[archipelago]] in the [[South Atlantic]] [[continental shelf]], consisting of two main islands, [[East Falkland]] and [[West Falkland]], and a number of smaller islands. They are administered as a largely [[Self-governing colony |self-governing]] [[British overseas territory|overseas territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]] (UK) from [[Port Stanley]], the capital and largest city, on East Falkland. The [[United Nations]] Committee on Decolonization includes the Falkland Islands on the [[United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories]].
[[Argentina]], claims the islands, calling them by their [[Spanish language|Spanish]] name, ''Islas Malvinas'' (and the derived '''Malvinas Islands''' in [[English language|English]]), the capital "Puerto Argentino" and considers them part of the [[Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina|Tierra del Fuego Province]]. The islands appear on every Argentine map, also in Argentine weather forecasts and even some tourguides to Argentina. Almost every city in Argentina has a memorial to the fallen of the 1982 war and a street named "Malvinas Argentinas". At many of the entrance points to the country and to some of the provinces there are roadside signs proclaiming "Las Malvinas son Argentinas" (The Malvinas are Argentine).
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* [[List of settlements in the Falkland Islands]]
* [[Major Samuel Stransham]]
==Reference==
*{{note|UN_decolonization}} {{Web reference|URL=http://www.un.org/Depts/dpi/decolonization/trust3.htm|
title=Non-Self-Governing Territories listed by General Assembly in 2002|
work=United Nations Special Committee of 24 on Decolonization|
year=2005|date=March 10}}
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