Greenland's population and culture.
As of July 2016, the population of Greenland consists of a
total of 57,728 people. Of the 57,728 total, Greenland consists of 88% Inuit
peoples with the remaining 12% consisting of Danish and other groups. The
largest population centers in Greenland are located on the southwest coast where
about 75% of the country’s population resides in towns or urban settings, with
additional small settlements along the coast of the country. The interior of
Greenland is considered to be uninhabited. Fish and fish products account for
nearly 90% of Greenland’s exports and Denmark, Japan, and China rank as the
country’s primary export partners.
The People of Greenland
The indigenous people of Greenland are Greenlandic Inuit as
most are descended from Inuit and are citizens of Denmark. The language of Greenland is also called Greenlandic and is part of the Eskimo family of languages. Religions in Greenland consist
of Lutheran, and traditional Inuit spiritual beliefs; the Inuit spiritual
beliefs are followed by most of the population. In the Greenlandic language,
Greenland is called Kalaalit Nunaat which means land of the people.
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An example of the Greenlandic language
The physiography of Greenland
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| Greenland is 3 times the size of Texas |
Greenland is in Northern North America, and lies between the
Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada. At a little
more than 3 times the size of Texas, Greenland is the world’s largest island of
which about 81% is ice covered. Greenland consists of 2,166,086 sq km, and of
this 1,755,637 sq km is ice-covered, while 410,449 sq km are free of ice. The
coastline of Greenland is 44,087 km. The climate of Greenland is considered to
be Artic to sub-Arctic with very cold winters and cool summers. The mean
temperature in June, July and August is 50 degrees F, while the remainder of
the year is below freezing throughout the country. In the northern regions, average
temperatures during February are -4 degrees F. The northern two thirds of
Greenland are covered in permafrost. There are no agricultural lands on
Greenland, however natural resources include coal, iron ore, lead, zinc,
molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals,
whales, hydropower, and possible oil and gas.
Next we will take a look at the geological history of Greenland.
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