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List All Cities Guernsey Listing cities Guernsey database :
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Description Guernsey by rbd.me
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Greenland, the world's largest island, is about 81% ice capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish colonization began in the 18th century, and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the European Community (now the EU) with Denmark in 1973 but withdrew in 1985 over a dispute centered on stringent fishing quotas. Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament; the law went into effect the following year. Greenland voted in favor of increased self-rule in November 2008 and acquired greater responsibility for internal affairs in June 2009. Denmark, however, continues to exercise control of Greenland's foreign affairs, security, and financial policy in consultation with Greenland's Home Rule Government.
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Location
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Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada
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Area - comparative
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slightly more than three times the size of Texas
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Natural resources Guernsey
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flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast
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Population Guernsey
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57,637 (July 2010 est.)
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Religions Guernsey
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Evangelical Lutheran
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Languages
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Greenlandic (East Inuit) (official), Danish, English
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Education Guernsey expenditures
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NA
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Government Guernsey type
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part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979
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Independence
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4 municipalities (kommuner, singular kommune); Kujalleq, Qaasuitsup, Qeqqata, Sermersooq
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Guernsey Economy - overview
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none (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)
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Investment Guernsey
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9.2% (2007)
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Industries Guernsey
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NA bbl/day (2008)
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Airports Guernsey
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