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Greenland. Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, pronounced [kalaːɬːit nʉnaːt]; Danish: Grønland, pronounced [ˈkʁɶnˌlænˀ]) is a North American island autonomous territory [14] of the Kingdom of Denmark. [15] It is the larger of two autonomous territories within the Kingdom, the other being the Faroe Islands; the citizens of both ...
The flag of Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit erfalasuat, Danish: Grønlands flag) was designed by Greenland native Thue Christiansen. [2] It features two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red (bottom) with a counter-changed red-and-white disk slightly to the hoist side of centre. The entire flag measures 18 by 12 parts; each stripe ...
3900, 3905. Website. www.sermersooq.gl. Nuuk (Greenlandic pronunciation: [nuːk] ⓘ; Danish: Nuuk, [ 1 ] formerly Godthåb [ˈkʌtˌhɔˀp]) [ 2 ] is the capital of and most populous city in Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the territory's largest cultural and economic center.
Geography of Greenland. Greenland is: an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Location: Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere. North America (though not on the mainland) Between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. Time zones: Danmarkshavn and Ittoqqortoormiit – UTC+00. Pituffik – UTC-03.
This is a list of cities and towns in Greenland as of 2021. The term 'city' is used loosely for any populated area in Greenland, given that the most populated place is Nuuk, the capital, with 19,900 inhabitants. [1] In Greenland, two kinds of settled areas are distinguished: illoqarfik (Greenlandic for 'town'; by in Danish) and nunaqarfik ...
Greenland-CIA_WFB_Map.png (270 × 593 pixels, file size: 127 KB, MIME type: image/png) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. English: A map of Greenland, showing major towns. This image is in the public domain because it contains ...
56,732 (February 8, 2020) Pop. density. 0.028/km 2 (0.073/sq mi) Ethnic groups. 88% Inuit (Inuit- Danish and Inuit- European mixed); 12% Europeans, mostly Danish. Greenland is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland. The territory comprises the island of Greenland—the largest ...
Greenland is divided into five municipalities – Avannaata, Kujalleq, Qeqertalik, Qeqqata, and Sermersooq [1][2] – as well as the large Northeast Greenland National Park which is unincorporated. The Pituffik Space Base is administered by the United States Space Force and operates as an unincorporated enclave surrounded by territory of Avannaata.