Denmark
Denmark (Dens: Danmark) is a Scandinavie kintra in Northren Europe. The kintras o Denmark an Greenland, as weel as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kinrick o Denmark. It is the soothmaist o the Nordic kintras, soothwast o Swaden an sooth o Norawa, an bordered tae the sooth bi Germany. Denmark borders baith the Baltic an the North Sea. The kintra consists o a muckle peninsulae, Jutland (Jylland) an mony islands, maist notably Zealand (Sjælland), Funen (Fyn), Vendsyssel-Thy (commonly considered a pairt o Jutland), Lolland, Falster an Bornholm, as well as hunders o minor islands aften referred tae as the Dens Airchipelago. Denmark haes lang controlled the approach tae the Baltic Sea (dominium maris baltici); afore the diggin o the Kiel Canal, watter passage tae the Baltic Sea wis possible anerlie throu the three channels kent as the "Dens straits".
Kinrick o Denmark Kongeriget Danmark (Dens) | |
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Anthem: Der er et yndigt land Thare is a luvely kintra Kong Christian stod ved højen mast[N 1] King Christian stuid bi the lofty mast | |
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![Location o Denmark proper[N 2] (daurk green), in Europe (daurk grey) an in the European Union (licht green)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/EU-Denmark.svg/500px-EU-Denmark.svg.png) Location o Denmark proper[N 2] (daurk green), in Europe (daurk grey) an in the European Union (licht green) | |
| Caipital | Copenhagen 55°43′N 12°34′E / 55.717°N 12.567°E |
| Lairgest ceety | capital |
| Offeecial leids | Dens |
| Recognised regional leids | Faroese Greenlandic German[N 3] |
| Releegion | Kirk o Denmark |
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| Countries Autonomous territories | |
| Govrenment | Democratic pairlamentary constitutional monarchy wi unitar elements |
• Monarch | Frederick X |
| Mette Frederiksen | |
| Aksel V. Johannesen | |
| Múte Bourup Egede | |
| Legislatur | Folketing |
| History | |
| c. 8t century[3] | |
| 5 Juin 1849 | |
| 24 Mairch 1948[N 4] | |
| Aurie | |
• Denmark[N 2] | 42,931 km2 (16,576 sq mi)[4] (130rd) |
• Greenland | 2,166,086 km2 (836,330 sq mi) |
• Faroe Islands | 1,399 km2 (540.16 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Januar 2017 estimate |  5,748,769[5] (112t) |
• Greenland | 56,114[6] |
• Faroe Islands | 49,079[7] |
• Density (Denmark) | 133.4/km2 (345.5/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $264.837 billion[8][N 5] (52nt) |
• Per capita | $46,602[8] (19t) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Tot | $302.571 billion[8][N 5] (34t) |
• Per capita | $53,242[8] (6t) |
| Gini (2014) |  27.5[9]law |
| HDI (2015) |  0.925[10]verra heich · 5t |
| Currency | Danish krone[N 6] (DKK) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (CET WET EGT WGT AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (CEST GMT EGST WGST ADT) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | |
| ISO 3166 code | DK |
| Internet TLD | |
Denmark is a constitutional monarchy wi a Pairlamentary system o govrenment. It haes a state-level govrenment an local govrenments in 98 municipalities. Denmark haes been a member o the European Union syne 1973, awtho it haes no joined the Eurozone. A foondin member o NATO an the OECD, it is an aw a member o the Organisation for Security an Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Notes
eedit- ↑ Kong Christian haes equal status as a naitional anthem but is generally uised anerly on ryal an militar occasions.[1]
- ↑ a b The Kinrick o Denmark's territory in continental Europe is referred tae as "Denmark proper" (Dens: egentlig Danmark), "metropolitan Denmark",[2] or semply Denmark. In this airticle, uissage o "Denmark" excludes Greenland an the Faroe Islands.
- ↑ Faroese is co-offeecial wi Dens in the Faroe Islands. Greenlandic is the sole offeecial leid in Greenland. German is recognised as a pertectit minority leid in the Sooth Jutland aurie o Denmark.
- ↑ The Faroe Islands became the first territory to be granted home rule on 24 March 1948. Greenland also gained autonomy on 1 May 1979.
- ↑ a b This data is for Denmark proper anerly. For data relevant tae Greenland an the Faroe Islands see their respective airticles.
- ↑ In the Faroe Islands the currency haes a separate design an is kent as the króna, but is nae a separate currency.
- ↑ The TLD .eu is shared wi ither European Union kintras. Greenland (.gl) an the Faroe Islands (.fo) hae thair awn TLDs.
References
eedit- ↑ "Not one but two national anthems". Denmark.dk. Meenistry o Furrin Affairs o Denmark. Archived frae the original on 15 Mey 2014. Retrieved 18 Mey 2014.
- ↑ Administrative divisions – Denmark Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine The World Factbook. Access date: 14 Apryle 2012
- ↑ Stone et al. 2008, p. 31.
- ↑ "Area by region – StatBank Denmark – data and statistics".
- ↑ "Population at the first day of the quarter by municipality, sex, age, marital status, ancestry, country of origin and citizenship". statbank.dk. Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 13 Februar 2017.
January 2017
- ↑ "2015 Population 1st July". Stat.gl. Statistics Greenland. Retrieved 18 Januar 2016.
- ↑ "Population, births, deaths and migrations by sex, village/city, monthly (1985–2015)". Hagstova.fo. Hagstova Føroya. Retrieved 18 Januar 2016.
- ↑ a b c d "Denmark". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (source: SILC)". Eurostat Data Explorer. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2017.
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