Counties of the Falkland Islands

There are 14 counties of the Falkland Islands, pre-indepenance there were no administrative divisions and everything was decided by the Government of UK and the Governors plus the local villagers. The 14 Counties are again divided up into districts. There are officially, three City Counties: and 11 normal Counties:
 * Stanley
 * Darwin
 * Fox Bay
 * Saunders and Dunbar
 * East Falkland
 * Albermarle
 * Weddell
 * Concordia
 * Teal
 * San Carlos
 * Berkeley
 * Wickham and Fitzroy
 * North Lafonia
 * South Lafonia

The Models
The first model of the Counties were devised by Derrick Hutton who designed them whilst he was in London. They were never put into practice however they consisted of 5 counties: They were very large and Hutton began to realise that if his country was to expand and grow more local governments would need to have more control so he decide to split the North East County into three: Berkeley, Concordia and Fitzroy.
 * Stanley
 * North East Falkland
 * Lafonia
 * North West Falkland
 * South West Falkland

The Thrid Model was the Splitting of Lafonia into North and South plus splitting South West Falkland into South West Falkland and Weddell.

The Fouth model was designed the night before the Independance and made it into its current shape. There is currently a movement to Split Weddell into two counties plus Berkeley into South Berkeley and Saint Louis Peninsula.

Government of the Counties
At the Top of the Government there is the Count/PM who is elected every year in local elections. The County Council has a reperesentitive from each district and they are also elected every year in local elections. The Government of the counties makes local decisions such as the local education funding etc.