Grenlandia, Greenland, Grönland
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The world's largest island, about 84% ice-capped, Greenland was granted self-government in 1978 by the Danish parliament. The law went into effect the following year. Denmark continues to exercise control of Greenland's foreign affairs.

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1. Dependency status: part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979

2. Government type: parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy

3. Location: Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada

4. Border Countries: none

5. Climate: arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters

6. Terrain: flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast

7. Area: 2,175,600 km2; 341,700 km2 ice-free, 1,833,900 km2 ice-covered

8. Capital: Nuuk (Godthab)

9. Administrative divisions: 3 districts (landsdele); Avannaa (Nordgronland), Tunu (Ostgronland), Kitaa (Vestgronland)

10. Population: 56,352 (July 2001 est.)

11. Languages: Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English

12. Religions: Evangelical Lutheran

13. Currency: Danish krone (DKK)

14. Time diference to GMT: NA

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22. Airlines:

  • First Air - scheduled airline serving Northern Canada and Greenland. Provides air cargo, charter, contract training, and other aviation services
  • Greenlandair Inc. - national airline of Greenland; includes helicopter charter division with extensive experience in Arctic, Antarctic and remote area operations
  • Air Iceland - offering reservations, getaway packages, and flights to destinations in Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands
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23. Other transport (train, coach, boat etc.)

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24. Greenland office in Poland:

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  • SKYTRAX | the World Airline Site - The World Airline Site for latest Airline News, Airline Passenger Surveys, global Airline standards Rating, Best Airline and Airport of the Year, Airline Flight Reviews, Airline Quality Star Ranking across the world
  • slowniki.onet.pl - dictionary translating from polish and english, german, french, italian, spanish, russian etc.
  • babelfish.altavista.com - dictionary translaiting both ways in 25 lanquages useful in translating texts

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