AEGiS: Greenland

Map of Greenland, Courtesy of WorldAtlas.com

Local time in Nuuk (Godthab):

Facts and Figures

Official Name Greenland

Capital City Nuuk (Godthab).

Languages Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English.

Official Currency Danish krone (DKK).

Ethnic Groups Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 12% (January 2000).

Religions Evangelical Lutheran.

Population 56,376 (July 2002 est.).

Land Area 2,166,086 sq km (839,999 sq miles).

History

The world's largest non-continental island, about 84% ice-capped, Greenland was granted self-government in 1978 by the Danish parliament. The law went into effect the following year. Denmark continues to exercise control of Greenland's foreign affairs.

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