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Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724) was a German geographer and cartographer; map dated around 1730. The history of Denmark as a unified kingdom began in the 8th century, but historic documents describe the geographic area and the people living there—the Danes—as early as 500 AD.
Denmark [a] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, [N 7] also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. [11]
Denmark has an Exclusive Economic Zone of 105,989 km 2 (40,923 sq mi). When including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, the EEZ is the 15th largest in the world with 2,220,093 km 2 (857,183 sq mi). A circle enclosing the same total area as Denmark would have a diameter of 234 km (146 miles).
The location of Denmark. The following outline is provided as an overview, and topical guide to Denmark. Denmark – country located in Scandinavia of Northern Europe. [1] It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries. The mainland is bordered to the south by Germany; Denmark is southwest of Sweden and south of Norway.
The changes to the coat of arms, announced Jan. 1, give the Danish territories Greenland and the Faroe Islands their own quadrants, represented by a bear and a ram.
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The map is the epicenter of a park, which has, among other attractions, a picnic area, a coffee shop and a playground. [5] The World Map is an important attraction in the area, [6] and attracts about 40,000 visitors per year, most of them Danish. [7]
The Technical University of Denmark is located in Lyngby in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen. In 2013, it was ranked as one of the leading technical universities in Northern Europe. [253] The IT University is Denmark's youngest university, a mono-faculty institution focusing on technical, societal and business aspects of information technology.