Home rule was established in the Faroe Islands in 1948 and in Greenland in 1979 the latter obtained further autonomy in 2009. Denmark exercises hegemonic influence in the Danish Realm, devolving powers to handle internal affairs. It had a population of 5.935 million (1 February 2023), of which 800,000 (2 million in the wider area) live in the capital and largest city, Copenhagen.
Denmark's geography is characterised by flat, arable land, sandy coasts, low elevation, and a temperate climate. Of these, the most populated island is Zealand, on which the capital Copenhagen is situated, followed by Funen, the North Jutlandic Island, and Amager. Spanning a total area of 42,943 km 2 (16,580 sq mi), metropolitan Denmark consists of the northern part of the Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. Metropolitan Denmark is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying south-west and south ( Bornholm and Ertholmene) of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short land border, its only land border.Īs of 2013, the Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has a total of 1,419 islands above 100 square metres (1,100 sq ft) 443 of which have been named and of which 78 are inhabited.
It is the most populous and politically central constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the North Atlantic Ocean. Denmark ( Danish: Danmark, pronounced ( listen)) is a Nordic constituent country in Northern Europe.
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