SARK. CHANNEL iSLANDS
Thank you so much Natalie for this Flags of the World card from Sayk.. love it that is all the Cannel Islad Islands I have now.. I appologise as tis card arrived some time ago and have not posted it on my blog. Thanks also for nice stamps too
Posted Sark : 24 June : Arrived Sydney 22 July : Traveled 28 days.
GREETINGS FROM SARK:
AREA: 5.45 KM2
POPULATION : 492 INHABITANTS.
CAPITAL CITY. NONE !
LOCATION : THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.
UNIQUE : The cars are banned from roads. Sark is one of the few countries in the world where cards are banned from roads, and where only tractors and horse drawn vehicles are allowed
FAMOUS A secret European micro state. The Island has been governed by a "Crown Dependency " since 1565.
Sark is the smallest Island independent state in The Brirish Commonwealth.
HISTORY : The island was probably first mentioned in the Antonine Linerary (3rd to 4th ) Century AD
IN Ancient times : Sark was occupied by the Unelli ,Gaulish tribe of The Contentin Peninsula .These peple were subdued by The Roman Empire about 56 BC.
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