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Denmark Map

Latitude: 56.26392 Longtitude: 9.50179

Location:
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn)

Border Countries:
Germany 68 km

Terrain:
low and flat to gently rolling plains

Geography:
controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen

Capital:
Copenhagen

About Denmark
Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), European defense cooperation, and issues concerning certain justice and home affairs.

Population:
5,484,723 (July 2008 est.)

Language:
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)

Religion:
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%

Phone Service:
excellent telephone and telegraph services

Currency:
Danish krone (DKK)

Climate:
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers

Natural Hazards:
flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes