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Complete details about Greenland in North America with capital city Nuuk
| Country Name | Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat/Grønland) |
| Country Code | GRL |
| Capital City | Nuuk |
| Continent | North America |
| Region | North America |
| Independence Year | 0 |
| Population | 56000 |
| Surface Area | 2166090.0 |
| Life Expectancy | 68.1 years |
| GNP | 0.0 (old 0.0) |
| Government Form | Part of Denmark |
Spoken Languages |
Danish [official] (12.5%) Greenlandic [official] (87.5%) |
Major Cities |
Nuuk, Kitaa (population 13445) |
Greenland's most recent News and Stories
| Publisher: CBC.ca | Wed, 23 May 2012 05:54:15 -0700 | |
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Greenland is planning to use Iqaluit's arenas when Nuuk hosts the Arctic Winter Games in 2016. The Greenlandic Host Society says Nuuk does not have the resources to build a hockey arena for the games and wants to lease the Iqaluit venues instead. read full story |
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| Publisher: Washington Post | Thu, 03 May 2012 11:10:25 -0700 | |
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WASHINGTON ? Greenland's glaciers are hemorrhaging ice at an increasingly faster rate but not at the breakneck pace that scientists once feared, a new study says. The loss of ice from the glaciers that cover the island is about 30 percent faster than ... read full story |
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| Publisher: Reuters | Thu, 03 May 2012 12:01:42 -0700 | |
| Greenland glaciers speed up, swelling rising seas: reports read full story | ||
| Publisher: Christian Science Monitor | Thu, 03 May 2012 13:34:14 -0700 | |
| Greenland's glaciers melting faster, say scientists read full story | ||
| Publisher: Seacoastonline.com | Tue, 22 May 2012 13:18:45 -0700 | |
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By Joey Cresta STRATHAM ? More than 500 motorcycles roared into Stratham Hill Park on Sunday as part of a memorial ride for slain Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney that raised more than $12000 in donations. Riders from across New England ... read full story |
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| Publisher: CO2 Science Magazine | Tue, 22 May 2012 04:58:17 -0700 | |
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Climate-driven interannual ice mass evolution in Greenland. Global and Planetary Change 82-83: 1-11. The authors write that "the mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS), and its contribution to sea level rise, are of high interest in the context ... read full story |
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