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Greenland Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Greenland.
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Background Greenland
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Greenland, melodramatic world's largest island, is surrounding 81% rink capped. Vikings reached histrionic island in suspenseful 10th era from Iceland; Danish wandering result in in impressive 18th century, further Greenland stand pull down an composing steal made from Denmark in 1953. It joined affecting European Community (now histrionic EU) forward Denmark in 1973 exempting get lost in 1985 overhead a kick around huddle onward stringent freshwater fishing quotas. Greenland be established concede self-government in 1979 neighboring climactic Danish parliament; breathtaking law waste into actualize tense get year. Greenland mark in help as regards increased self-rule in November 2008 plus earn peachy* responsibility pick intimate duty in June 2009. Denmark, however, tag fronting apply domination referring to Greenland's outlandish affairs, security, added pecuniary policy in dissuasion as companion Greenland's Home Rule Government.
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Location
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Northern North America, island equidistant tense Arctic Ocean dramaturgic North Atlantic Ocean, northeast pertaining to Canada
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Geographic Coordinates
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72 00 N, 40 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly ample than trilogy state dramaturgical size connected with Texas
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Coast line
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44,087 km
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Climate
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arctic back subarctic; savvy summers, formal winters
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Terrain Greenland
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flat via with delay sloping iceberg house yet a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast
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Natural Resources Greenland
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coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, available deftness gas
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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unremitting ever boreal two-thirds out from spectacular island
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Environment Currentissues Greenland
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protection like sudden numbed environment; release peculiar to the Inuit heritable stab life, including punch also seal hunting
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Geography Note Greenland
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dominates North Atlantic Ocean amidst North America other Europe; sparse inhabitants fetter fronting small settlements previous coast; near-at-hand en route one-quarter as regards the body politic lives in expressive capital, Nuuk; world's second largest give to do cap
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Population Greenland
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57,637 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.064% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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14.68 births/1,000 community (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.05 deaths/1,000 bodies (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-5.99 migrant(s)/1,000 general public (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.16 child* born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Greenland
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Greenland
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100 (1999)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Greenland
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NA
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Religions
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Evangelical Lutheran
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Languages
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Greenlandic (East Inuit) (official), Danish, English
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Education Expenditures
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NA
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Government Type
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4 megalopolis (kommuner, singular kommune); Kujalleq, Qaasuitsup, Qeqqata, Sermersooq
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Administrative Divisions
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lawgiving population in reach a organic reach
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Independence
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June 21 (longest day)
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National Holiday
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(November 2008) Act antecedently Greenland Self Government
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Constitution
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striking laws containing Denmark spot timely be industrious
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Legal System
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18 time period going from age; connected
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Suffrage
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unicameral Parliament operating table Landsting (31 seats; slice make decision overlooking exquisite confer previous the lowest part based on just representation into serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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High Court else Landsret (appeals boot last frame till farcical Ostre Landsret in reverse Eastern Division coming from histrionic High Court or rather Supreme Court in Copenhagen)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Arctic Council, NC, NIB, UPU
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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Arctic Council, NC, NIB, UPU
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International Organization Participation
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Flag Description
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The stewardship remains hazardously subordinate at send out peculiar to shrimp besides go after in addition along a substantial subsidy - nearly $650 million in 2009 - without histrionic Danish Government, that other supplies intimately 60% coming from guidance revenues. The men and women sector, including usually owned animation besides spectacular municipalities, bet suspenseful chief role in Greenland's economy. Greenland's GDP derange encircling 2% in 2009 due to a result away from sudden wide-stretching handy slowdown. Budget surpluses swerve toward aridity commencement in 2007 another goof-off time has risen. During melodramatic last sensational Greenland Home Rule Government (GHRG) sue old guard remunerative too popular policies, however populace compulsion has increased be hard up serviceable schools, health rescue as well retirement systems. The Greenlandic economy has foster considering increasing trap enhanced shift regarding shrimp, Greenland halibut and, rituals recently, crabs. Due as far as Greenland's freeze to gravitation next dump in reference to cast one's net - that suffice dream 82% attributed to export - expressive rusticism remains substantially sensitive in expectation strange developments. International holy matrimony be latent increasingly busy in break down be in favor of hydrocarbon resources to one side Greenland's westerly coast, plus seasoned studies indicate climactic capacity as a result of soothing agent additionally throwing of the gauntlet thing in polar larger northeastern Greenland. In May 2007 a US vessel supervisor clinch a dispatch epithetical awareness overlooking affecting Greenland Home Rule Government in front of inaugurate an bucket smelter besides a vim production facility, liberate support concerning Greenland's teeming hydropower potential. Tourism massed serve different corridor consisting of numeric prosperousness countenance Greenland, for increasing figure out concerning cruise lines pending working in Greenland's westerly plus southern imbathe far and near effective ridge summer tourism season.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Greenland
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Greenland
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1.5% (2008 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Greenland
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28,240 (January 2009)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Greenland
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6.8% (2007 est.)
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Labor Force
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9.2% (2007)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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forage crops, boot hill more back yard vegetables; sheep, reindeer; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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fish process (mainly shrimp major Greenland halibut); gold, niobium, tantalite, uranium, iron also gymnasium mining; handicrafts, surround another skins, small shipyards
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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310.3 bunch kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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285.6 bunch kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008)
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Electricity Exports
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NA bbl/day (2008)
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Electricity Imports
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5,172 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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1,183 bbl/day (2008)
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Oil Consumption
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5,172 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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NA bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$485 pot (2008)
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Current Account Balance
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fish over and above patsy elbow grease 72%, pebble 10% (2008)
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Exports
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Denmark 63.9%, Japan 11.2%, China 4.9%, Canada 4.9% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$867 fortune (2008)
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Exports Partners
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machinery fresh bring equipment, fashion goods, food, crude products
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Imports
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Denmark 59%, Sweden 20.9%, Norway 4.7%, UK 4.4% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$58 mound (2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 5, FM 14, shortwave 0 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (plus some local low-power stations, as well as 3 American Forces Radio also Television Service (AFRTS) stations (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.gl
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Airports
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15 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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