Denmark
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| Basic Facts |
| Country name |
conventional long form: Kingdom of Denmark
conventional short form: Denmark local long form: Kongeriget Danmark local short form: Danmark |
| Gevernment type | constitutional monarchy |
| Capital |
name: Copenhagen
geographic coordinates: 55 40 N, 12 35 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
| Flag description | red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side, and that design element of the Dannebrog (Danish flag) was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries of Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden |
| Currency | Danish krone (DKK) |
| Internet country code | .dk |
| Ports and terminals | Aalborg, Aarhus, Asnaesvaerkets, Copenhagen, Elsinore, Ensted, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Frederikshavn, Kalundborg, Odense, Roenne |
| Agriculture products | barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, dairy products; fish |
| Industries | iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products, shipbuilding and refurbishment, windmills, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment |
| Geography |
| Location | Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn) |
| Coordinates | 56 00 N, 10 00 E |
| Continent | Europe |
| Area |
total: 43,094 sq km
land: 42,394 sq km water: 700 sq km note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland |
| Boundaries |
total: 68 km
border countries: Germany 68 km |
| Coastline | 7,314 km |
| Climate | temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers |
| Terrain | low and flat to gently rolling plains |
| Natural resources | petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand |
| Natural hazards | flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes |
| People |
| Population | 5,450,661 (July 2006 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali |
| Religions | Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2% |
| Languages | Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language |
