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Akureyri the town on the north coast of Iceland |
Subject: 5.1Fact Sheet
Name: |
Lýðveldið Ísland |
Area: | 103,000 km² / 39,758 sq mi.
(Glaciers: 12,000 km², lava: 11,000 km², lakes: 3,000 km², arable land: 1,100 km²). |
Sea area (within 200 nautical miles of fishery limits): |
758,000 km² |
Terrain: | mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks and ice fields;
coast highly indented by bays and fjords, particularly in the north and northwest. |
Highest mountain: | Hvannadalshnúkur, 2119 m. |
Largest ice cap: | Vatnajökull, 8,400 km². |
Telephone country code: | 354 |
Internet domain code: | .is |
Land boundaries: | none |
Population: | 267,000 (1996) |
Population density: | 2.5 persons per km² (6.5 per sq mi) |
Distribution: | 90% urban, 10% rural (1990) |
Infant mortality: | 4 per 1,000 live births (1992) |
Life expectancy: | male: 76.5, female: 81.0 (1993) |
Capital: | Reykjavík (pop. 101,824) (1993) |
Other major towns: | Kópavogur: (17,172),
Hafnarfjörður: (16,787) Akureyri: (14,799) (1993) |
Flag: | a red Nordic cross outlined in white on a blue background |
Government Type: | republic |
Head of State: | President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson |
Language: | Icelandic |
Currency: | króna (Icelandic crown, ISK). |
Climate: | coolish, but temperate, warmed by the Gulf stream. Average temp.
in Reykjavík: -2°C - 2°C in Jan. and 9°C - 14°C in July. |
Religion: | Evangelical-Lutheran (96%) (official State religion) |
Exports: | Fishery products: 78.7%
Industrial products: 17.6% Agricultural products: 1.7% Other products: 2.0% (1993) |
Cars per 1000 inhabitants (1989): 458 Telephones per 1000 inhabitants (1989): 503 Televisions per 1000 inhabitants (1988): 306 Doctors per 1000 inhabitants (1989) 2.8 Employment by proportion of population: (1991) Agriculture................ 5.4% Fishing.................... 5.5% Fish processing............ 6.0% Other industry.............12.5% Building industry.......... 9.8% Commerce...................14.6% Transport & communications. 6.9% Finance & insurance........ 8.4% Public sector..............18.5% Other......................12.4% Total 100.0%
National Anthem |
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Ó Guð vors lands, ó lands vors Guð! |
Our country's God! Our country's God! |
Subject: 5.2General information
<By: Halldór Árnason et al.>
Vegetation covers less than one-fifth of Iceland's area and only about 1.1% is cultivated. Trees, mostly birch, grow in some places, along with some willows. The rest of the country is barren mountains, and deserts (lava beds cover some 11% of Iceland) and glaciers (12%). Vatnajökull (Lakes' Glacier) in the southeast is the largest Ice field in Europe and Ódáðahraun (Lava of ill deeds) north of Vatnajökull is the largest lava bed on earth. Rivers and waterfalls are plenty, and provide hydroelectric power. Over 90% of homes are heated by hot springs, which also keep greenhouses warm, where the famous Icelandic bananas are grown.
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The Icelandic alphabeth has the following order:
a á b c d ð e é f g h i í j k l m n o ó p q r s t u ú v w x y ý z þ æ ö
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