Denmark (includes Greenland)
Location: Northern Europe, bordered by Germany on the South,
Norway and Sweden on the North (Greenland, a province of Denmark
is 1,300 miles away off the Northeast coast of North America)
Area: 16,630 square miles (Greenland 840,000 square miles)
Population: 5,200,000 (Greenland 56,000)
Government: Constitutional monarchy
Largest cities: Copenhagen (capital), Arhus, Odense
Language: Danish
Ethnic group: Scandinavian
Religion: Lutheran
Chief industries: Machinery, textiles, electronics, furniture
(Greenland
fishing, sealing)
Chief crops: Barley, beef and dairy cattle, oats, potatoes,
wheat
Minerals: Oil, zinc, lead, coal, cryolite
Leading exports: Meat and dairy products, manufactured goods
(Greenland fish
and fish products)
Leading imports: Machinery, steel, oil, foodstuffs (Greenland
oil, machinery,
foodstuffs)
Monetary unit: Krone
