Flag and country information - Self governing Danish colony of GREENLAND
Area - 2,175,600 sq km / 840,000 sq ml
Capital - Godthåb
Language - Greenlandic (Ammassalik Eskimoan)
Population - 56,385
Physical features - interior covered by an ice sheet; the island has an important role strategically and in civil aviation; there are lead and cryolite deposits; offshore oil is being explored; world's largest island
Ethnic distribution - Inuit, Danish and other European
