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Kinrick o Denmark

Kongeriget Danmark  (Dens)
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
Location o the Kinrick o Denmark: Greenland, the Faroe Islands (circled), an Denmark.
Location o the Kinrick o Denmark: Greenland, the Faroe Islands (circled), an Denmark.
Location o Denmark proper (daurk green), in Europe (daurk grey) an in the European Union (licht green)
Location o Denmark proper[N 2] (daurk green), in Europe (daurk grey) an in the European Union (licht green)
CaipitalCopenhagen
55°43′N 12°34′E / 55.717°N 12.567°E / 55.717; 12.567
Maistmuckle citycapital
Offeecial leidsDens
Recognised regional leidsFaroese
Greenlandic
German[N 3]
Releegion
Kirk o Denmark
Demonym(s)
Countries Autonomous territories
GovrenmentDemocratic pairlamentary
constitutional monarchy
wi unitar elements
• Monarch
Frederick X
Mette Frederiksen
Aksel V. Johannesen
Múte Bourup Egede
LegislaturFolketing
History
c. 8t century[3]
5 Juin 1849
24 Mairch 1948[N 4]
Area
• 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
Increase 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)negative increase 27.5[9]
law
HDI (2015)Steady 0.925[10]
verra heich · 5t
CurrencyDanish krone[N 6] (DKK)
Time zoneUTC-3 (CET
WET
EGT
WGT
AST)
• Summer (DST)
UTC-4 (CEST
GMT
EGST
WGST
ADT)
Drivin sideright
Cawin code
ISO 3166 codeDK
Internet TLD
Regions

Denmark (Dens: Danmark) is a Scandinavien kintra in Northren Europe. The kintras o Denmark an Greenland, forby the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kinrick o Denmark. It is the soothrenmaist 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 (aften considered a pairt o Jutland), Lolland, Falster an Bornholm, forby 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".

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 haesnae jyned the Eurozone. A foondin member o NATO an the OECD, it is a member o the Organisation for Security an Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) an aw.

  1. ↑ Kong Christian haes equal status as a naitional anthem but is generally uised anerly on ryal an militar occasions.[1]
  2. 1 2 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. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "proper" defined multiple times wi different content
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ The Faroe Islands became the first territory to be granted home rule on 24 March 1948. Greenland also gained autonomy on 1 May 1979.
  5. 1 2 This data is for Denmark proper anerly. For data relevant tae Greenland an the Faroe Islands see their respective airticles.
  6. ↑ In the Faroe Islands the currency haes a separate design an is kent as the króna, but is nae a separate currency.
  7. ↑ The TLD .eu is shared wi ither European Union kintras. Greenland (.gl) an the Faroe Islands (.fo) hae thair awn TLDs.

References

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  1. ↑ "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.
  2. Administrative divisions – Denmark Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine The World Factbook. Access date: 14 Apryle 2012
  3. ↑ Stone et al. 2008, p. 31.
  4. ↑ "Area by region – StatBank Denmark – data and statistics".
  5. ↑ "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
  6. ↑ "2015 Population 1st July". Stat.gl. Statistics Greenland. Retrieved 18 Januar 2016.
  7. ↑ "Population, births, deaths and migrations by sex, village/city, monthly (1985–2015)". Hagstova.fo. Hagstova Føroya. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 18 Januar 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Denmark". International Monetary Fund.
  9. ↑ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (source: SILC)". Eurostat Data Explorer. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2017.