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Denmark - GENERAL INFORMATION
 
Population - Local time - Languages - Religion - Political system - Climate - Tourism - Food



Population



Main Cities Population
Copenhagen   1,750,000  
Arhus   279  
Odense   183  
Alborg   159  
Esbjerg   83  
Randers   61  



Total population (millions): 5.4
Source: World Bank 2004

Urban population: 85%
Source: World Bank 2004

Average annual population growth: 0.2%
Source: World Bank 2004

Surface area (km²) : 43,09


Population origin

Origin of the population% Of the population
Danish 96.4 %
Asian 0.4 %
British 0.2 %
Other 2.7 %




Local time


It is %T:%M %A in Copenhage


GMT+1 in winter, GMT+2 in summer


Languages


Official language: Danish, but also the Greenlandic and the Faroese dialects.
Business language: Danish and English (Danes usually have a very good level of English).

Free translation tools in Denmark :
Eurodicautom
The European Union Dictionary (12 languages avalaible)

Intertran
Free English-Danish-English translator of texts and web pages

Freedict.com
Free English-Danish-English Dictionary



Religion


Religious practises : Protestants 91%
Catholics 2%
Others 7%.


Political system


Denmark is a constitutional monarchy. The monarch represents the executive, but he (she) only has a symbolic authority. The parliament is unicameral, it counts 179 members of whom 175 represent Denmark, 2 Faeroes and 2 Greenland. Parliamentary election take place every 4 years. The government consists of a coalition between the SDP, the CD (democrats of the centre) and the liberal radical party. The opposition to the government is formed by the conservatives, the SP and the progressive party.
The Queen is Margrethe II (1972).
The Prime Minister is Anders Fogh Rasmussen (2001).


Climate

 


Tourism

Number of visitors in Denmark 2002 2003 2004 World rank
Number of visitors (1000) 3436   3474   3358   n.a.
Source : World Tourisme Organization, data available in November 2005

 

Tourist sites


-The city of Copenhagen
- The development of tourism in Greenland

For more information about tourism in Denmark , check out the following web site(s) :
Danish Tourism Board


Food


Traditional dishes


Sm?rrebr?d: slices of black bread served with meat, fish or cheese. This is a traditional Danish dish, usually taken at lunch.

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