Human Geography
Prior to 1812, various colonial powers had small settlements on the Falklands Islands. In that year the islands were abandoned but within twenty years the British had re-established a settlement. In the 1851 census, the settlement's population was recorded as 287, increasing to 2043 in 1901 and 2563 in 2012.
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