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Isle of Man

Land Area 572km²
Land Area + Seaarea
Population 75049
Population density 131.2 / km²

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The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin [ˈmanɪnʲ], also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]), also known as Mann (), is a self-governing British Crown dependency situated in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, holds the title of Lord of Mann and is represented by a lieutenant governor. The United Kingdom has responsibility for the island's military defence. Humans have lived on the island since before 6500 BC. Gaelic cultural influence began in the 5th century AD, and the Manx language, a branch of the Goidelic languages, emerged. In 627 King Edwin of Northumbria defeated the Isle of Man along with most of Mercia. In the 9th century Norsemen established the thalassocratic Kingdom of the Isles, which included the Isle of Man. Magnus III, King of Norway from 1093 to 1103, reigned also as King of Mann and the Isles between 1099 and 1103. In 1266 the island became part of Scotland under the Treaty of Perth, after being dominated by Norway. After a period of alternating rule by the kings of Scotland and England, the island came under the feudal lordship of the English Crown in 1399. The lordship revested into the British Crown in 1765, but the island never became part of this 18th-century kingdom of Great Britain, nor of its successors, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the present-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It has always kept its inner self-government. In 1881 the Isle of Man parliament, Tynwald, became the first national legislative body in the world to give women the right to vote in a general election, although this sold married women. In 2016, UNESCO awarded the Isle of Man biosphere reserve status.Insurance and internet gambling each generate 17% of their GNP, followed by information and communications technologies and banking with 9% each. Internationally, the Isle of Man is known for the Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) bicycle races and for the Manx cat, a breed of cat with no or short tails. The inhabitants (Manx) are considered a Celtic nation.

Source: Wikipedia