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OFFICIAL NAME: Greenland
CAPITAL: Nuuk
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Self Governing Overseas Territory of Denmark
AREA: 2,175,600 Sq Km (840,000 Sq Mi)
ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION 57,800
LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY: Greenland, the world's largest island, is located northeast of the North American Continent. Around 83% of Greenland is a permanent ice cap and mountains line both the east and west coasts holding the inland ice in place. The highest mountains are located in the east w ...
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