FACTS

Location: Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada

Area (only Total) total: 2,166,086 sq km

Climate: arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters

Terrain: flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast

Population: 56,326 (July 2008 est.)

Main Language (only first): Greenlandic (East Inuit)

Government type: parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy

Capital (Name): Nuuk (Godthab)

Capital (Time Difference): UTC-3

Independence: none (extensive self-rule as part of the Kingdom of Denmark; foreign affairs is the responsibility of Denmark, but Greenland actively participates in international agreements relating to Greenland)

National holiday: June 21 (longest day)

HOLIDAYS

January 1 New Year's Day

January 6 Three Kings Day (Afternoon only)/Epiphany

March 21 Good Friday

March 24 Easter Monday

April 16 Queen's Birthday

May 1 International Labour Day (holiday for some)

May 1 Ascension

May 12 Whit Monday

June 21 National Day of Greenland

December 24 Christmas Eve

December 25 Christmas Day

December 26 Boxing Day

December 31 New Year's Eve

Weekend Saturday, Sunday