Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of center - the top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white.
The North and East Greenland National Park (Avannaarsuani Tunumilu Nuna Allanngutsaaliugaq) and the Thule Air Base in Pituffik (in northwest Greenland) are two unincorporated areas - not belonging to any commune.
Population:
56,376 (July 2002 est.)
Languages:
Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English
Geographic coordinates:
72° 00' N, 40° 00' W
Area total:
2,166,086 sq. km
Land area:
2,166,086 ( 410,449 ice-free, 1,755,637 ice-covered) sq. km
Total land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
44,087 km
Elevation extremes:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Gunnbjorn 3,700 m
Internet country code:
.gl
Currency:
Danish krone (DKK)
Name - conventional long form:
none
Name - conventional short form:
Greenland
Name - local long form:
none
Name - local short form:
Kalaallit Nunaat
Independence:
none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark, self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979) foreign affairs is the responsibility of Denmark, but Greenland actively participates in international agreements relating to Greenland
Constitution:
5 June 1953 (Danish constitution)
Government type:
parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy
Dependency status:
part of the Kingdom of Denmark, self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979