Geography & Travel
Greenland
Also known as: Grønland, Kalaallit Nunaat
Flag of Greenland
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Geography & Travel
- Kalaallisut:
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Heads Of Government:
- High Commissioner (for Denmark): Mikaela Engell; Prime Minister (for Greenland): Múte Bourup Egede
- Capital:
- Nuuk
- Population:
- (2024 est.) 56,800
- Head Of State:
- Danish Monarch: Queen Margrethe II
- Official Language:
- Greenlandic
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Greenland, the world’s largest island, lying in the North Atlantic Ocean. Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) is noted for its vast tundra and immense glaciers. Although Greenland remains part of the Kingdom of Denmark, the island’s home-rule government is responsible for most domestic affairs. The Greenlandic people are primarily Inuit who, depending upon the region they are from, call themselves Kalaallit (West Greenlanders), Inugguit (from Thule district), or Iit (East Greenlanders). They call their homeland Kalaallit Nunaat (“Country of the Greenlanders”). The capital of Greenland is Nuuk (Godthåb). More than three times the size of the U.S. state of Texas, Greenland extends ...(100 of 3432 words)