Greenland

Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, meanin "Laund o the Greenlanders"; Dens: Grønland) is an autonomous kintra athin the Kinrick o Denmark locatit atween the Airctic an Atlantic Oceans, east o the Canadian Airctic Archipelago. Tho physiographical an ethnically an Airctic island kintra an geographically a pairt o the continent o North Americae, politically an historically Greenland is associatit wi Europe, in parteecular Iceland, Norawa, an Denmark. In 1979, Denmark grantit hame rule tae Greenland, wi a relationship describit bi the Rigsfællesskabet, an in 2008 Greenland votit tae acome a separate kintra athin the Kinrick o Denmark, effective Juin 2009. Greenland is, bi scowth, the warld's lairgest island that is no a continent in its ain richt.

Greenland Kalaallit Nunaat  (Greenlandic) Grønland  (Dens)
Banner Coat o airms
Anthem:  Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit Ye Oor Auncient Laund Nuna asiilasooq[a] The Laund o Great Lenth
Location of Greenland
Location o the Kinrick o Denmark consistin o Greenland, the Faroe Islands (circled) an Denmark
Caipital and largest city	Nuuk 64°10′N 51°44′W
Offeecial leids	Greenlandic[a]
Ither leids	Dens[a]
Ethnic groups	88% Greenlandic Inuit (an European mixed) 12% Dens an ither Europeans[1][b]
Releegion	Kirk o Denmark
Demonym(s)	Greenlander Greenlandic
Sovereign state	Kinrick o Denmark
Govrenment	Devolved govrenment within pairlamentar constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Frederick X
• Heich Commissioner	Julie Præst Wilche
• Premier	Múte Bourup Egede
• Speaker o the Inatsisartut	Mimi Karlsen
Legislatur	Inatsisartut
Autonomy within the Kinrick o Denmark
• Norse colonisation	11th century
• Unifee'd wi Norawa[b]	1262
• Contact re-established (Dano-Norse colonies)	1721
• Cedit tae Denmark[c]	14 Januar 1814
• Amt status	5 Juin 1953
• Hame rule	1 Mey 1979
• Further autonomy and self rule	21 June 2009[2][3]
Aurie
• Total	2,166,086 km2 (836,330 sq mi)
• Water (%)	83.1[d]
Population
• Estimate	56,483 (14 September 2016)[4]
• Density	0.028/km2 (0.1/sq mi) (last)
GDP (PPP)	2011 estimate
• Total	11.6 billion kr.($1.8 billion)[5] (n/a)
• Per capita	$37,000 (n/a)
HDI (2010)	0.786[6] heich · 61st
Currency	Dens krone (DKK)
Time zone	UTC+0 to −4
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Drivin side	richt
Cawin code	+299
ISO 3166 code	GL
Internet TLD	.gl
^ Greenlandic haes been the sole offeecial leid o Greenland syne 2009.[2][7] ^ Dens influence reached Greenland in 1380 wi the ring o Olav IV in Norawa, son o Haakon VI o Norawa an Margaret I o Denmark. ^ Awtho previously unner Dens monarchy for fower hunder years, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, an Iceland war formally Norse possessions till 1814. ^ As o 2000: 410,449 km2 (158,475 sq mi) ice-free; 1,755,637 km2 (677,855 sq mi) ice-kivered. Density: 0.14/km2 (0.36 /sq. mi) for ice-free auries.

Territorial Organization

Notes

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