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Faroe Islands
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The Faroe Islands or faerae Isles or Faroes (Faroese: Føroyar, meanin Hogg Isles, Dens: Færøerne) is a smaw curn o islands in the Nor' Atlantic Ocean atween Scotland, Norawa an Iceland. It haes close tradeetional an cultural ties wi the ither Nordic kintras, as weel as Shetland an Orkney. The Faroe Islands are a sel-govrenin territory athin the Kinrick o Denmark, alang wi Denmark proper an Greenland. The total aurie is approximately 1,400 km² (540 sq mi) wi a 2010 population o amaist 50,000.
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Faroe Islands | |
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![]() Location o the Faroe Islands (circled) in Northren Europe | |
![]() Location o the Kinrick o Denmark (reid), conseestin o the Faroe Islands (circled), Greenland an Denmark | |
Caipital | Tórshavn 62°00′N 06°47′W |
Lairgest ceety | capital |
Offeecial leids | Faroese,[1] Dens |
Ethnic groups | Faroe Islanders |
Releegion | Kirk o the Faroe Islands |
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Sovereign state | ![]() |
Govrenment | Devolved govrenment within pairlamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Frederick X |
• Heich Commissioner | Lene Moyell Johansen |
• Prime Meenister | Aksel V. Johannesen |
Legislatur | Løgting |
Formation | |
• Unifee'd wi Norawa[a] | c. 1035 |
14 Januar 1814 | |
• Gained hame rule | 1 Apryle 1948 |
• Forder autonomy | 29 July 2005[2] |
Aurie | |
• Total | 1,399 km2 (540 sq mi) (unrankit) |
• Water (%) | 0.5 |
Population | |
• October 2017 estimate | 50,778[3] (206t) |
• 2011 census | 48,346[4] |
• Density | 35.2/km2 (91.2/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2008 estimate |
• Total | $1.642 billion |
• Per capita | $33,700 |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $3.09 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $61,325 |
Gini (2015) | ![]() law · 2 |
HDI (2008) | 0.950[7] verra heich |
Currency | Faroese króna[c] (DKK) |
Time zone | UTC (WET) |
UTC+1 (WEST) | |
Drivin side | richt |
Cawin code | +298 |
ISO 3166 code | FO |
Internet TLD | .fo |
Wabsteid www.faroeislands.fo | |
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