Amazing Greenland

Greenland is the world's largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.

Of the roughly fifty-six thousand people who live in Greenland, the world's largest island, the vast majority are Inuit, and almost a quarter live in the capital city, Nuuk. ... Mejlvang documented life further south along the coast, in Sisimiut, a fast-growing town of around six thousand, the second-largest in Greenland.

 

 Greenland is the world's largest island and an autonomous Danish dependent territory with limited self-government and its own parliament. Denmark contributes two thirds of Greenland's budget revenue, the rest coming mainly from fishing.

 

 Greenland can hardly be thought of as a developing nation." Charles Tudor is right. According to the World Bank, Greenland is definitively high-income and has been since 1989. The average income per resident is about $33,000.

 

The Greenlandic language is roughly divided into four dialects: South Greenlandic, West Greenlandic, East Greenlandic and the Thule dialect. West Greenlandic is the official language which all children learn in addition to Danish and English.

 

 There are tarmac roads in all towns in Greenland. That is why cars are popular and well used as transportation means, especially in the larger towns such as Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat and Qaqortoq. ... Obviously, the number of cars per inhabitant is much lower in Greenland than in other countries in the world.

 

 Both natural and legal persons can buy real estate in Greenland. However, you should be aware that co-owners in co-operative housing have a residence obligation.

 

 Greenland, the world's largest island, lying in the North Atlantic Ocean. Greenland is noted for its vast tundra and immense glaciers. Map of Greenland highlighting the major geographic regions and the locations of human settlement.

 

 Greenland's strategic value is linked tightly to new North Atlantic shipping lanes opening up due to melting polar ice caps. ... Greenland's largest economic drivers are fishing and tourism, but the island has drawn rising interest due to its vast natural resources, including coal, zinc, copper, iron ore and rare minerals.