FACTS

Location: Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada

Area (only Total) total: 2,166,086 sq km

Climate: arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters

Terrain: flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast

Population: 56,326 (July 2008 est.)

Main Language (only first): Greenlandic (East Inuit)

Government type: parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy

Capital (Name): Nuuk (Godthab)

Capital (Time Difference): UTC-3

Independence: none (extensive self-rule as part of the Kingdom of Denmark; foreign affairs is the responsibility of Denmark, but Greenland actively participates in international agreements relating to Greenland)

National holiday: June 21 (longest day)