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СКАЧАТЬ Issues Greece

      Disputes - international:

       Greece and Turkey have resumed discussions to resolve their complex

       maritime, air, territorial, and boundary disputes in the Aegean Sea;

       Cyprus question with Turkey; dispute with the Republic of Macedonia

       over its name

      Illicit drugs:

       a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin

       from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor

       chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is

       consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and

       organized crime

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      @Greenland

      Introduction Greenland

      Background:

       The world's largest island, Greenland is about 81% ice-capped.

       Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish

       colonization began in the 18th century and Greenland was made an

       integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the European Community

       (now the European Union) with Denmark in 1973 but withdrew in 1985

       over a dispute over stringent fishing quotas. Greenland was granted

       self-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament. The law went into

       effect the following year. Denmark continues to exercise control of

       Greenland's foreign affairs.

      Geography Greenland

      Location:

       Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the

       North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada

      Geographic coordinates:

       72 00 N, 40 00 W

      Map references:

       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.)

      Area - comparative:

       slightly more than three times the size of Texas

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       44,087 km

      Maritime claims:

       territorial sea: 3 nm

       continental shelf: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line

       exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line

      Climate:

       arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters

      Terrain:

       flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow,

       mountainous, barren, rocky coast

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m

      Natural resources:

       coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, gold, platinum, uranium,

       fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas

      Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       NA sq km

      Natural hazards:

       continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island

      Environment - current issues:

       protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit

       traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting

      Geography - note:

       dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe;

       sparse population confined to small settlements along coast, but

       close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk;

       world's second largest ice cap

      People Greenland

      Population:

       56,384 (July 2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 25.5% (male 7,344; female 7,029)

       15–64 years: 68.5% (male 20,894; female 17,715)

       65 years and over: 6% (male 1,585; female 1,817) (2004 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 33.5 years

       male: 34.8 years

       female: 31.9 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       −0.01% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       15.96 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       −8.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.18 male(s)/female

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