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    Introduction


    Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and issues concerning certain justice and home affairs.


    Location


    Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn)


    Geographic coordinates


    56 00 N, 10 00 E


    Area


    total: 43,094 sq km water: 700 sq km note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland land: 42,394 sq km


    Area - comparative


    slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts


    Land boundaries


    total: 68 km border countries: Germany 68 km


    Coastline


    7,314 km


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation


    Climate


    temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers


    Terrain


    low and flat to gently rolling plains


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m


    Natural resources


    petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand


    Land use


    arable land: 55.74% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 44.07% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    4,760 sq km (1998 est.)


    Natural hazards


    flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes


    Environment - current issues


    air pollution, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea


    Geography - note


    controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen


    Population


    5,413,392 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Copenhagen


    Phone Code


    +45


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