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Greenland | |
|---|---|
| Anthem: "Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit" (Greenlandic) (English: "You Our Ancient Land") | |
| Kalaallit anthem: "Nuna asiilasooq" (Greenlandic) (English: "The Land of Great Length")[a] | |
.svg) Location of Greenland | |
.svg) Location of Greenland (red) in the Kingdom of Denmark (red and beige) | |
| Sovereign state | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Union with Norway | 1262 |
| Danish-Norwegian recolonization | 1721 |
| Cession to Denmark | 14 January 1814 |
| Home rule | 1 May 1979 |
| Further autonomy and self rule | 21 June 2009[2][3] |
| Capital and largest city | Nuuk 64°10′N 51°44′W / 64.167°N 51.733°W |
| Official languages | Greenlandic[b] |
| Recognised languages | Danish, English and other languages if necessary[b] |
| Ethnic groups (2018) | |
| Religion | Christianity (Church of Greenland) |
| Demonym(s) |
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| Government | Devolved government within a parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Frederik X |
| Julie Præst Wilche | |
• Premier | Múte Bourup Egede |
| Mimi Karlsen | |
| Legislature | Inatsisartut |
| National representation | |
| 2 members | |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,166,086 km2 (836,330 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 83.1[c] |
| Highest elevation | 3,700 m (12,100 ft) |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 56,081[6] (210th) |
• Density | 0.028/km2 (0.1/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
• Total | $1.8 billion[7] (not ranked) |
• Per capita | $37,000 (40-th) |
| HDI (2010) |  0.786[8]high · 61st |
| Currency | Danish krone (DKK) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 to UTC-04:00 |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +299 |
| Postal codes | 39xx |
| ISO 3166 code | GL |
| Internet TLD | .gl |
Greenland is the world's largest island.[9][10][11][12][13]
Greenland is a self-governing territory of the kingdom of Denmark. This large Arctic island is near two countries, Iceland to the east and Canada to the west. The island is geographically part of North America but the culture is more closely related to Denmark.[14] It has a population of only 50,000 people, limited by its cold climate. Most of the civilian population lives in the southern part of the island, on the coasts. [source?] The capital of Greenland is Nuuk.
The island is democratic, with its own elections and a representative seat of government in Nuuk. It is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a constitutional monarchy with Queen Margrethe II as head of state. Greenland has two members in Denmark's Folketing.
The island's Thule Air Base is under Danish control, but is administered by the United States Air Force.[15]
The island is the least densely populated country in the world, with a density of 0.026 people per square kilometer.[16][17][18] Antarctica is not counted because it is not an independent country and has no permanent inhabitants. The ice sheet that covers Greenland may hide three separate islands, which have been joined by glaciers since the last geologic ice age.[19][20][21][22]
In Greenland, there are no forests. In the south, at the coastal area, only some dwarf trees are found.[23]
- ↑ "03EM/01.25.01-50 Spørgsmål til Landsstyret: Hvornår fremsætter Landsstyret beslutning om Grønlands" [03EM/01.25.01-50 Questions to the Home Rule Government: When does the Home Rule Government make a decision on Greenland]. Government of Greenland. 7 October 2003. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (in Danish) TV 2 Nyhederne – "Grønland går over til selvstyre" Archived 2023-08-09 at the Wayback Machine TV 2 Nyhederne (TV 2 News) – Ved overgangen til selvstyre, er grønlandsk nu det officielle sprog. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ↑ "Self-rule introduced in Greenland". BBC News. 21 June 2009. Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ↑ (in Danish) Law of Greenlandic Selfrule Archived 8 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (see chapter 7)
- ↑ "Greenland". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
- ↑ "Population and Population Growth 1901-2020". Statistical Greenland. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ↑ Greenland in Figures 2013 (PDF). Statistics Greenland. ISBN 978-87-986787-7-9. ISSN 1602-5709. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ↑ Avakov, Aleksandr Vladimirovich (2012). Quality of Life, Balance of Powers, and Nuclear Weapons (2012): A Statistical Yearbook for Statesmen and Citizens. Algora Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-87586-892-9.
- ↑ "Greenland from Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: Locations". credoreference.com. 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ↑ "Greenland from McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology". credoreference.com. 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ↑ "Greenland from The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography". credoreference.com. 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ↑ Joshua Calder's World Island Info
- ↑ "CIA World Factbook". Archived from the original on 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- ↑ "Facts about Greenland | Nordic cooperation". www.norden.org. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ↑ "Qaasuitsup kommunia". www.qaasuitsup.gl. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ↑ "The 2008 Revision Population Database". Esa.un.org. 2009-03-11. Archived from the original on 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
- ↑ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009). "World Population Prospects, Table A.1" (PDF). 2008 revision. United Nations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ World POPClock Projection at 18:42, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
- ↑ New York Times The Warming of Greenland
- ↑ Ellensburg Daily Record (Google News) Greenland Icecap bridges three islands
- ↑ Los Angeles Times "Greenland's Ice Sheet is slip-sliding away"
- ↑ From the map of the bedrock: if, as the ice melted, the sea rose 50 metres, then Greenland would definitely be three islands.
- ↑ "Greenland - Credo Reference Topic". credoreference.com. 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
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