Greenland
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| Basic Facts |
| Country name |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Greenland local long form: none local short form: Kalaallit Nunaat |
| Gevernment type | parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy |
| Capital |
name: Nuuk (Godthab)
geographic coordinates: 64 11 N, 51 44 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: Greenland is divided into four time zones |
| Flag description | two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of center - the top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white |
| Currency | Danish krone (DKK) |
| Internet country code | .gl |
| Ports and terminals | Sisimiut |
| Agriculture products | forage crops, garden and greenhouse vegetables; sheep, reindeer; fish |
| Industries | fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut); gold, niobium, tantalite, uranium, iron and diamond mining; handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards |
| Geography |
| Location | Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada |
| Coordinates | 72 00 N, 40 00 W |
| Continent | Arctic Region |
| Area |
total: 2,166,086 sq km
land: 2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq km ice-covered) (2000 est.) |
| Boundaries | 0 km |
| Coastline | 44,087 km |
| Climate | arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters |
| Terrain | flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast |
| Natural resources | coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, gold, platinum, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas |
| Natural hazards | continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island |
| People |
| Population | 56,361 (July 2006 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 12% (2000) |
| Religions | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Languages | Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English |
