The 2001 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

(mostly Denmark), Norway, US, Canada

      Debt - external: $25 million (1999)

      Economic aid - recipient: $380 million subsidy from Denmark (1999)

      Currency: Danish krone (DKK)

      Currency code: DKK

      Exchange rates: Danish kroner per US dollar - 7.951 (January 2001), 8.083 (2000), 6.976 (1999), 6.701 (1998), 6.604 (1997), 5.799 (1996)

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      Greenland Communications

      Telephones - main lines in use: 25,617 (end 1999)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: 12,676 (end 1999)

      Telephone system: general assessment: adequate domestic and international service provided by satellite, cables and microwave radio relay; totally digitalized in 1995

      domestic: microwave radio relay and satellite

      international: satellite earth stations - 12 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 2 Americom GE-2 (all Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios: 30,000 (1998 est.)

      Television broadcast stations: 1 publicly-owned station, some local low-power stations, and three AFRTS (US Air Force) stations (1997)

      Televisions: 30,000 (1998 est.)

      Internet country code: .gl

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)

      Internet users: 4,008 (1999)

      Greenland Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 150 km

      paved: 60 km

      unpaved: 90 km

      Waterways: none

      Ports and harbors: Aasiaat (Egedesminde), Ilulissat (Jakobshavn),

       Kangerlussuaq, Nanortalik, Narsarsuaq, Nuuk (Godthab), Qaqortoq

       (Julianehab), Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Tasiilaq (March 2001)

      Merchant marine: total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,289

       GRT/1,500 DWT

      ships by type: cargo 1, passenger 1 (2000 est.)

      Airports: 13 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 8

      over 3,047 m: 1

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 1

      under 914 m: 4 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 5

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 3

      under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

      Greenland Military

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of Denmark

      Greenland Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none

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      @Grenada

      Grenada Introduction

      Background: One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year.

      Grenada Geography

      Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic

       Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

      Geographic coordinates: 12 07 N, 61 40 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area: total: 340 sq km

      land: 340 sq km

      water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative: twice the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 121 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM

      territorial sea: 12 NM

      Climate: tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds

      Terrain: volcanic in origin with central mountains

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

      highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m

      Natural resources: timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors

      Land use: arable land: 15%

      permanent crops: 18%

      permanent pastures: 3%

      forests and woodland: 9%

      other: 55% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November

      Environment - current issues: NA

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity,

       Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea,

       Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling

      signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note: the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada

      Grenada People

      Population: 89,227 (July 2001 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years: 37.05% (male 16,739; female 16,318)

      15–64 years: 59.03% (male 27,850; female 24,820)

      65 years and over: 3.92% (male 1,592; female 1,908) (2001 est.)

      Population growth rate: −0.06% (2001 est.)

      Birth rate: 23.12 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

      Death rate: 7.82 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

      Net migration rate: −15.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1 male(s)/female

      under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

      15–64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female

      65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female

      total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 64.52 years

      male: 62.74 years

      female: 66.31 years (2001 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 2.54 children born/woman (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

      HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

      Nationality: noun: Grenadian(s)

      adjective: Grenadian

      Ethnic groups: