[memories of GREENLAND][Our 1 year experience in Greenland "The most beautiful place in The World !!" August 2006-October 2007 - this is what the Explorer/uploader says about GREENLAND]

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







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GREENLAND - full native name | Kalaallit Nunaat
GREENLAND - internet code | .gl

GREENLAND - population | 58137 people (world rank: 211th)
GREENLAND - population density | 0.0268 people/km^2 (people per square kilometer) (world rank: 238th)
GREENLAND - population growth | -0.03% per year (world rank: 213th)
GREENLAND - life expectancy | 70.1 years (world rank: 147th)
GREENLAND - median age | 33.5 years (world rank: 70th)

GREENLAND GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND INFLATION RATE:
GDP | $2.197 billion per year (world rank: 175th)
GDP at parity | $1.1 billion per year (2008) (world rank: 199th)
GDP per capita | $20000 per year (2005) (world rank: 48th)
GDP real growth | 1.8%per year (world rank: 184th)
inflation rate | 4.059%per year
unemployment rate | 9.3% (2008) (world rank: 84th)

GREENLAND CURRENCY AND CONVERSION RATE:
currency name | kr (Danish krone)
currency code | DKK
local currency conversion | kr 1 (Danish krone)
currency conversion | kr 1 (Danish krone) = $ 0.19 (US dollars)

GREENLAND CITIES:
city | population
Nuuk | 14798
Sisimiut | 5227
Ilulissat | 4413
Qaqortoq | 3224
Aasiaat | 3115

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GREENLAND POPULATION INFO:
Population:

57,600 (July 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 207
Age structure:

0-14 years: 23% (male 6,727/female 6,533)
15-64 years: 70.1% (male 21,696/female 18,669)
65 years and over: 6.9% (male 2,000/female 1,975) (2009 est.)
Median age:

total: 33.5 years
male: 34.9 years
female: 31.9 years (2009 est.)

GREENLAND ON THE INTERNET:
Internet country code:

.gl
Internet hosts:

14,132 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 101
Internet users:

52,000 (2007)
country comparison to the world: 164

GREENLAND'S INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE:
Disputes - international:

managed dispute between Canada and Denmark over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland

Wikipedia's Quick info on GREENLAND: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland

Capital (and largest city)		Nuuk (Godthåb) 64°10′N 51°44′W / 64.167°N 51.733°W / 64.167; -51.733
Official languages		Greenlandic (Kalaallisut)
Ethnic groups		88% Inuit (and Inuit-Danish mixed), 12% Europeans, mostly Danish
Demonym		Greenlander, Greenlandic
Government		Parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy
-	Monarch	Margrethe II
-	High Commissioner	Søren Hald Møller
-	Prime Minister	Kuupik Kleist
Autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark
-	Home rule	1979
-	Extended competencies for local government	June 21, 2009
Area
-	Total	2,166,086 km2 (13th) 836,109 sq mi
-	Water (%)	83.11
Population
-	July 2007 estimate	57,564[1]
-	Density	0.027/km2 (241st) 0.069/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2001 estimate
-	Total	$1.1 billion (not ranked)
-	Per capita	$20,0002 (not ranked)
HDI (1998)		0.927[2] (high) (n/a)
Currency		Danish krone (DKK)
Time zone		GMT (UTC+0 to -4)
Drives on the		right
Internet TLD		.gl
Calling code		299
1	As of 2000: 410,449 km² (158,433 sq. miles) ice-free; 1,755,637 km² (677,676 sq. miles) ice-covered.
2	2001 estimate.

YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT GREELAND:
greenland.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland
boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/greenland.html
greenland-guide.gl
geographia.com/denmark/greenland.html
onelyplanet.com/greenland
greenland.ca
cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gl.html
greenland-nh.com
myspace.com/greenland


More links from en.wikipedia.org[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland]

Government

Greenland Home Rule official government website (in English)
Map of new municipalities official government website (in Greenlandic)
Greenland.com from the Greenland Tourism & Business Council
Statistics Greenland

General information

Country Profile and Timeline from BBC News
Greenland entry at The World Factbook
Greenland from UCB Libraries GovPubs
Greenland at the Open Directory Project
Greenland Map
Wikimedia Atlas of Greenland
Greenland travel guide from Wikitravel

Other

Dallas Morning News article by Dave Levinthal, Staff Writer
Greenland Braces for Independence and Wealth by Manfred Ertel, Der Spiegel, November 11 2008
Massive support for Greenland self-rule referendum, 75 percent vote yes November 26 2008
Greenland Expedition 2010
vifanord – a digital library that provides scientific information on the Nordic and Baltic countries as well as the Baltic region as a whole