Denmark

Denmark (Dens: Danmark) is a Scandinavien kintra in Northren Europe. The kintras o Denmark an Greenland, forby the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kinrick o Denmark. It is the soothrenmaist o the Nordic kintras, soothwast o Swaden an sooth o Norawa, an bordered tae the sooth bi Germany. Denmark borders baith the Baltic an the North Sea. The kintra consists o a muckle peninsulae, Jutland (Jylland) an mony islands, maist notably Zealand (Sjælland), Funen (Fyn), Vendsyssel-Thy (aften considered a pairt o Jutland), Lolland, Falster an Bornholm, forby as hunders o minor islands aften referred tae as the Dens Airchipelago. Denmark haes lang controlled the approach tae the Baltic Sea (dominium maris baltici); afore the diggin o the Kiel Canal, watter passage tae the Baltic Sea wis possible anerlie throu the three channels kent as the "Dens straits".

Kinrick o Denmark Kongeriget Danmark  (Dens)
Banner Coat o airms
Anthem: Der er et yndigt land Thare is a luvely kintra Kong Christian stod ved højen mast[N 1] King Christian stuid bi the lofty mast
Location o the Kinrick o Denmark: Greenland, the Faroe Islands (circled), an Denmark.
Location o Denmark proper[N 2] (daurk green), in Europe (daurk grey) an in the European Union (licht green)
Caipital	Copenhagen 55°43′N 12°34′E
Lairgest ceety	capital
Offeecial leids	Dens
Recognised regional leids	Faroese Greenlandic German[N 3]
Releegion	Kirk o Denmark
Demonym(s)	Dens Dane
Countries Autonomous territories	Denmark  Faroe Islands  Greenland
Govrenment	Democratic pairlamentary constitutional monarchy wi unitar elements
• Monarch	Frederick X
• Prime Minister	Mette Frederiksen
• Prime Meenister o the Faroe Islands	Aksel V. Johannesen
• Prime Meenister o Greenland	Múte Bourup Egede
Legislatur	Folketing
History
• Consolidation	c. 8t century[3]
• Constitutional Act	5 Juin 1849
• The unity o the Realm	24 Mairch 1948[N 4]
Aurie
• Denmark[N 2]	42,931 km2 (16,576 sq mi)[4] (130rd)
• Greenland	2,166,086 km2 (836,330 sq mi)
• Faroe Islands	1,399 km2 (540.16 sq mi)
Population
• Januar 2017 estimate	5,748,769[5] (112t)
• Greenland	56,114[6]
• Faroe Islands	49,079[7]
• Density (Denmark)	133.4/km2 (345.5/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$264.837 billion[8][N 5] (52nt)
• Per capita	$46,602[8] (19t)
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Tot	$302.571 billion[8][N 5] (34t)
• Per capita	$53,242[8] (6t)
Gini (2014)	27.5[9] law
HDI (2015)	0.925[10] verra heich · 5t
Currency	Danish krone[N 6] (DKK)
Time zone	UTC-3 (CET WET EGT WGT AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (CEST GMT EGST WGST ADT)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	3 cryin codes +45      (Denmark) +298    (Faroe Islands) +299    (Greenland)
ISO 3166 code	DK
Internet TLD	3 TLDs .dk (Denmark)][N 7] .fo  (Faroe Islands) .gl  (Greenland)

Regions

Denmark is a constitutional monarchy wi a Pairlamentary system o govrenment. It haes a state-level govrenment an local govrenments in 98 municipalities. Denmark haes been a member o the European Union syne 1973, awtho it haesnae jyned the Eurozone. A foondin member o NATO an the OECD, it is a member o the Organisation for Security an Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) an aw.

Notes

1. Kong Christian haes equal status as a naitional anthem but is generally uised anerly on ryal an militar occasions.^[1]
2. The Kinrick o Denmark's territory in continental Europe is referred tae as "Denmark proper" (Dens: egentlig Danmark), "metropolitan Denmark",^[2] or semply Denmark. In this airticle, uissage o "Denmark" excludes Greenland an the Faroe Islands.
3. Faroese is co-offeecial wi Dens in the Faroe Islands. Greenlandic is the sole offeecial leid in Greenland. German is recognised as a pertectit minority leid in the Sooth Jutland aurie o Denmark.
4. The Faroe Islands became the first territory to be granted home rule on 24 March 1948. Greenland also gained autonomy on 1 May 1979.
5. This data is for Denmark proper anerly. For data relevant tae Greenland an the Faroe Islands see their respective airticles.
6. In the Faroe Islands the currency haes a separate design an is kent as the króna, but is nae a separate currency.
7. The TLD .eu is shared wi ither European Union kintras. Greenland (.gl) an the Faroe Islands (.fo) hae thair awn TLDs.