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GREENLAND
Capital
Nuuk (Godthåb)
Currency
Danish krone (DKK)
Area
2.166,086 square km
Location
Greenland is the largest island in the world and has second largest ice sheet. It is located between the Arctic and the North Atlantic Ocean. It includes the northwest of Canada and Iceland. So three quarters of the country lies within the Arctic Circle.
Greenland is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean which lies in the southwest of Greenland, Greenland Sea borders the east, the Arctic Ocean is to the north and the Baffin Bay is to the west.
Land boundaries
0 km
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3 700 m
Language
Greenlandic (East Inuit) (official), Danish, English
Nationality
Greenlandic, Greenlander(s)
Religions
Evangelical Lutheran
Time
UTC -3
National holiday
2010
01 Jan New Year's Day
06 Jan Epiphany
01 Apr Maundy Thursday
02 Apr Good Friday
05 Apr Easter Monday
30 Apr Great Prayer Day
13 May Ascension
24 May Whit Monday
21 Jun National Day
25 Dec Christmas
31 Dec New Year's Eve
2011
01 Jan New Year's Day
06 Jan Epiphany
21 Apr Maundy Thursday
22 Apr Good Friday
25 Apr Easter Monday
08 May Great Prayer Day
02 Jun Ascension
13 Jun Whit Monday
21 Jun National Day
25 Dec Christmas
31 Dec New Year's Eve
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The Map of Greenland
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Typical house in Greenland
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