Greenland in short

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Official name: Kalaallit Nunaat

Capital: Nuuk

Institutional system: Parliamentary democracy – self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark

Languages: Greenlandic "kalaallisut" (Official language)

Population: Approx. 56,600 (2022)

Demographic structure: 89 % born in Greenland – 11 % born outside Greenland

Religion: Evangelical Lutheran Christianity is the predominant religion.

Currency: Danish kroner (DKK)

Area: 2,166,086 km2

Coastline: 44,087 km

Country calling code: +299

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National Day: 21st of June

Member of the EU: No

Time zone: UTC -1 (WGST) (in three small areas, GMT -4, GMT -1 and GMT +0 are used)

Climate: Arctic / subarctic

Temperature: The average temperature generally does not exceed 10 degrees Celsius.


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