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Fun fact 3 about Greenland

The last written records of the Norse Greenlanders are from a 1408 marriage at Hvalsey Church, which is now the best-preserved Norse ruin.
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The Greenland ice sheet covers approximately 81% of the island's total area.

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Greenland

Population
56.8K
Area
2.17M km²
Capital
Nuuk
Continent
North America
170th most populous country in the world

Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the largest of the kingdom's three constituent parts by land area, the others being Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenland are citizens of Denmark.

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