GREENLAND EDUCATION

EDUCATION IN GREENLAND

Greenland is the world's largest island, 2,175,600 square kilometres in area, of which 1,833,900 sq km is locked into the glacial icecap. The land is characterized by deeply indented fjords and high mountains. The length of the longest fjord is fully 400 kilometres, and the highest mountain rises 3,733 metres. Some of the fjords have active glaciers which produce the largest icebergs in the northern hemisphere. The coastal waters and the non-glaciated land support a variety of fish, sea mammals, birds and mammals. Greenland's present population is believed to have originated with the Inuit of Northern Alaska, who migrated to Greenland approximately 1,000 years ago. 

The land had previously been populated by various North American cultures and by Vikings from Iceland but, presumably owing to climatic changes, it has been the present Inuit population who have survived. There are also approximately 10,000 Danish residents in the country. The population is now about 56,000 of which 14,000 reside in the capital city, Nuuk. The principal occupations are fishing and the hunting of birds and sea mammals. In South Greenland there is a modest amount of farming concentrating on the raising of sheep supplemented by some fishing. New occupational activities centre around tourism, which is gaining a foothold in some places. The country's official language is Greenlandic, an Inuit language which is related to the Inuit languages of North America but, owing to the influx of Danes, the Danish language predominates in administration, the media and education. Greenland, which became an autonomous province of the Danish Commonwealth in 1979, is governed by a Legislative Assembly with 27 members. The eighteen individual municipalities are administered by locally elected officials. The Legislative Assembly sets the framework within which all local laws are enacted, but foreign policy and the justice system are administered in cooperation with the Danish authorities. As a member of the Danish Commonwealth, Greenland has in addition two Seats in the Danish Parliament.

Universities
University of Greenland Feature
Niuernermik Ilinniarfik
Oqaatsinik Pikkorissarfiup

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