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Blue with a red cross outlined in white extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag).
 
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 Iceland 
 Capital: 
Reykjavik
 Administrative
 divisions: 
8 regions (landsvæði, singular landsvæðun): Austurland, Hofudhborgarsvaedhi, Nordhurland Eystra, Nordhurland Vestra, Sudhurland, Sudhurnes, Vestfirdhir, and Vesturland.
23 counties (syslur, singular - sysla) and 14 independent towns* (kaupstadhir, singular - kaupstadhur): Akranes*, Akureyri*, Arnessysla, Austur-Bardhastrandarsysla, Austur-Hunavatnssysla, Austur-Skaftafellssysla, Borgarfjardharsysla, Dalasysla, Eyjafjardharsysla, Gullbringusysla, Hafnarfjordhur*, Husavik*, Isafjordhur*, Keflavik*, Kjosarsysla, Kopavogur*, Myrasysla, Neskaupstadhur*, Nordhur-Isafjardharsysla, Nordhur-Mulasys-la, Nordhur-Thingeyjarsysla, Olafsfjordhur*, Rangarvallasysla, Reykjavik*, Saudharkrokur*, Seydhisfjordhur*, Siglufjordhur*, Skagafjardharsysla, Snaefellsnes-og Hnappadalssysla, Strandasysla, Sudhur-Mulasysla, Sudhur-Thingeyjarsysla, Vesttmannaeyjar*, Vestur-Bardhastrandarsysla, Vestur-Hunavatnssysla, Vestur-Isafjardharsysla, and Vestur-Skaftafellssysla.
There may be four other counties.
 Population: 
279,384 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
65° 00' N, 18° 00' W
 Area total: 
103,000 sq. km
 Land area: 
100,250 sq. km
 Water area: 
2,750 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
0 km
 Coastline: 
4,988 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Hvannadalshnukur 2,119 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.is
 Currency: 
Icelandic krona (ISK)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Iceland
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Iceland
 Name - local
 long form: 
Lydhveldidh Island
 Name - local
 short form: 
Island
 Independence: 
1 December 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish Crown), 17 June 1944 (from Denmark)
 Constitution: 
16 June 1944, effective 17 June 1944
 Government
 type: 
constitutional republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 17 June (1944)
 
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