Official Name: Kalaallit
Nunaat
Location: Northern
North America, huge island northeast of Canada between the Arctic Ocean
and the North Atlantic Ocean
Capital: Nuuk
Population: 59,309
Languages: Eskimo
dialects, Danish, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect)
Monetary Unit: Danish
krone
Government: Part of
the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division
of Denmark since 1979
Religion: Evangelical
Lutheran
National anthem: name: "Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit" ("Our Country,
Who's Become So Old" also translated as "You Our Ancient Land") lyrics/music:
Henrik LUND/Jonathan PETERSEN note: adopted 1916; the government also recognizes
"Nuna asiilasooq" as a secondary anthem. (From CIA World Factbook)
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