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СКАЧАТЬ continues to exercise control of Greenland's foreign affairs in consultation with Greenland's Home Rule Government.

      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 exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line continental shelf: 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, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas

      Land use:

      arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

      Irrigated land:

      NA

      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; close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; world's second largest ice cap

      People

       Greenland

      Population:

      57,564 (July 2008 est.)

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 23.5% (male 6,867/female 6,634) 15–64 years: 69.9% (male 21,683/female 18,575) 65 years and over: 6.6% (male 1,892/female 1,913) (2008 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 33.5 years male: 34.9 years female: 31.8 years (2008 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      0.064% (2008 est.)

      Birth rate:

      14.87 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Death rate:

      8.23 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Net migration rate:

      −5.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Sex ratio:

      at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 1.17 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female total population: 1.12 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 69.46 years male: 66.81 years female: 72.25 years (2008 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      2.22 children born/woman (2008 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      NA

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      100 (1999)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      NA

      Nationality:

      noun: Greenlander(s) adjective: Greenlandic

      Ethnic groups:

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

      Religions:

      Evangelical Lutheran

      Languages:

      Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2001 est.)

      Education expenditures:

      NA

      Government

       Greenland

      Country name:

      conventional long form: none conventional short form: Greenland local long form: none local short form: Kalaallit Nunaat

      Dependency status:

      part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979

      Government СКАЧАТЬ