In addition, Greenland (2.175 million square kilometers) and the Faroe Islands (1,399 square kilometers) are legally part of Danish territory.
Denmark is a low lying country with a coastline of about 7,314 kilometers and a temperate maritime climate.
※The Jutland Peninsula, located between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, is the main part of the Danish territory, with an area of 25,485 square kilometers.
* Zealand is the largest island in Denmark, with an area of 7,031 square kilometers, is also the most populated island, the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen is located on the island of Zealand.
※ ?re Straits, also known as the Sundstrand, between southern Sweden and the Danish island of Zealand, 110 kilometers long, 4 28 kilometers wide, the depth of water 12 2 & meters, is the deepest waterway in the Baltic Sea. ?re Straits have Salholm Island to divide the strait into two parts, east and west.
?re Straits is the Russian ships, warships in and out of the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, an important channel, the strategic location is very important, but also one of the world's busiest strait.
※ Kattegat is located between the Jutland half and the west coast of Sweden, 220 kilometers long, with an area of 25,485 square kilometers.
※ The Little Belt Strait is located between the island of Fewing and the Jutland Peninsula, about 48 kilometers long, about 0.8 kilometers wide, and the depth of water is 7 80 meters.
※The Great Belt is located between Zealand and Lolland, 64 kilometers long, with a bridge.
※ Skagerrak is located between the Jutland Peninsula and the southern tip of Norway and the southwestern tip of Sweden, about 300 kilometers long, is part of the North Sea.
※Sweden and Denmark built a bridge over the ?resund, which was opened on July 1, 2000, to traffic. The bridge is 16 kilometers long, has 51 piers and is 55 meters high, making it the largest cable-stayed bridge with the largest load-bearing capacity that has ever been built in the world.
Danish regulations: any submarine in and out of the ?re Straits, must surface through! This rule, so that the Russian heart feel stifled! The height of the ?resund Bridge is only 55 meters, the Russian large ships through the restrictions, and the Russian nuclear submarines through the water must be surfaced, the Russians feel aggrieved.
※ Fiing is Denmark's second largest island, located between the Jutland Peninsula and Zealand, with an area of 2984 square kilometers, the main city is Odense.
Denmark's natural resources are relatively poor except for oil and gas. Denmark needs coal, iron ore and other all rely on imports.
Denmark is the third largest oil exporter in Europe, after Russia and Norway.
Denmark is a founding member of NATO and a member of the European Union, but does not use the euro.
The Danish flag is one of the oldest and most historic of the flags still in use, having begun in 1219 AD, nearly a thousand years ago!
The main ethnic group in Denmark is the Danes, who make up 95% of the population. The official language is Danish, and most of the inhabitants believe in Christianity.
Denmark is one of the most developed countries in the world of wind power, with the world's largest shipping set closed Maersk, brand-name audio manufacturers B& o, toys, such as Lego well-known companies.
Denmark's industrial sector is mainly food processing, machinery manufacturing, oil mining, shipbuilding, cement, chemicals, metallurgy, pharmaceuticals, textiles, furniture, tobacco, paper and printing equipment, more than 60% of the products are exported abroad.
Denmark's ship host, cement equipment, hearing aids, enzymes and artificial insulin and other products are world-renowned.
Denmark's livestock products are mostly used for export, pork, cheese, butter exports ranked first in the world, of which the Danish pork trade accounted for 23% of the global, is the world's third largest pork exporter.
Denmark is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of mink, with the world's largest fur trade center and fur auction market.
Denmark is the largest fishing country in the European Union, catching 36% of the EU's total fishing volume, mainly for the production of fish oil and fish meat.
Denmark Novo Nordisk Group production of insulin and enzyme preparations accounted for more than 50% of the world market share and 40%, in China, Tianjin has a branch plant.
Denmark's main imports of goods for the transportation equipment, telecommunication products, paper, crude oil, coal, steel, machinery and feed, etc., the main exports of goods for the dairy products, meat, fish, furniture, pharmaceuticals, electronic products, instrumentation, ships, textiles and clothing.
Denmark is a world leader in biology, environmental science, meteorology and immunology.
Denmark has nine years of free compulsory education and free health care.
Denmark was the second Western country to establish diplomatic relations with New China in January 1950, after Sweden.
Denmark is the home of Hans Christian Andersen (1805 1875), a world-famous author.
The Danish Niels. Bohr (1885 1962) is a modern world-famous physicist, the founder of atomic nuclear physics, has won the Nobel Prize.
The Kingdom of Denmark is the oldest monarchy in the world, and the ancestor of the current Queen of Denmark dates back more than 1,000 years to 940 AD.
In Denmark, it is forbidden to send beef or powdered milk by post.
Denmark's third largest city, Odense, 96 kilometers from Copenhagen, is the hometown of the famous fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen.
Odense Tower, completed in May 1935, is 177 meters high, the second tallest tower in Europe after the Eiffel Tower.
Aarhus is the second largest city in Denmark and a major port city with industries such as metallurgy, chemistry, machinery and tobacco.
Esbjerg is Denmark's fifth largest city and the country's largest fishing port.
The suspension bridge over the Great Belt Strait between the Danish islands of Zealand and Fiing is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world, with a total length of 1,624 meters.
The Denmark Strait, located between Greenland and Iceland, is about 483 kilometers long and about 290 kilometers at its narrowest point, with the Arctic Ocean to its north and the Atlantic Ocean to its south.
The Danish Black Sun, a natural phenomenon unique to Denmark, is caused by millions of European starlings gathering in the air in March and April each year to create a spectacle.
Before the opening of the Kiel Canal, Denmark controlled the Baltic Sea in and out of the Atlantic Ocean sea lanes, the geographical location is very important. Between the Jutland Peninsula and Scandinavia there are many islands and straits, the larger islands are Zealand, Fiennes and Lolland, and the more important straits are the Great Belt and ?resund, which is a very important strategic location.
The most common means of transportation for Danes is the bicycle.
65% of Denmark's electricity comes from wind power, making it one of the most developed countries in the world.
Denmark has two national anthems by law, while most countries in the world have only one.
Denmark is one of the world's largest exporters of forage seed.
Denmark was once very powerful in history, the Danes attacked the island of Lindisfarne in England in 793 AD, the Danes had occupied London in 871 AD, and in 1016 AD, the Danish King Knut the Great occupied the whole of England, and the territory once included present-day Norway, England, Scotland, and southern Sweden. By the time of Denmark Valdemar I (1157 1182), and occupied Estonia, the area north of the Elbe River and the island of G?taland.
The Danish Empire (1533 1814) was the most powerful period in Danish history, and at its greatest extent included present-day Denmark, Norway, southern Sweden, the Duchy of Schleswig, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, the Shetland Islands, St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, and Ghana in Africa; in addition to the Nordic region, Denmark also had colonies in the Americas.
In 1620, Denmark established the colony of Tranquebar on the south coast of India, and since then has maintained colonies and trading points in India and Sri Lanka. 1755 Denmark occupied a number of places in the northern part of Calcutta, India, and by 1829 had established a university there, in addition to the Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Beginning in 1671, Denmark in the Americas has occupied the present United States Virgin Islands, St. Croix and many other islands, known as the "Danish West Indies".
Denmark has a colony in the Gold Coast of Africa (now Ghana), Denmark later sold most of the colonies to Sweden and Britain, but Denmark still has a trading point in Ghana.
Denmark's Oticon hearing aids are renowned worldwide, with subsidiaries in several countries.
The first submarine cable in China was laid with Danish help in 1870 AD in Xiamen.
Sweden's Resound Hearing Group is now the world's largest manufacturer specializing in hearing aids and diagnostic hearing instruments.
Seven of the world's top ten wind turbine manufacturers belong to Denmark, one-half of the world's offshore wind turbine generator blades are supplied by Denmark, and Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer, is located in Denmark.
Denmark's Maersk Line is one of the world's largest ocean transportation companies, with offices in more than 130 countries around the world.
Novo Nordisk Denmark is the world's leading biopharmaceutical company and a world leader in the development and production of insulin for the treatment of diabetes.
The world's largest wind turbine, located in Denmark, is 220 meters high and is fitted with three giant blades, each 80 meters long and capable of generating 260,000 kWh of electricity 24 hours a day.
The Faroe Islands is a self-governing overseas territory of Denmark, located in the Atlantic Ocean between Norway and Iceland, with a land area of 1,399 square kilometers, consisting of more than two dozen islands, with a temperate maritime climate.
The Faroe Islands host a NATO radar facility and a Danish naval base.
The Faroe Islands have their own flag, stamps, passports and currency.
Greenland, an overseas self-governing territory of Denmark, is the largest island in the world, with an area of about 2,166,300 square kilometers and a coastline of about 35,000 kilometers. The inhabitants of Greenland are predominantly Inuit, and the whole island is cold all year round, with 80% of the place covered by ice and snow, and the ice cap covers an area of 1.83 million square kilometers.
About three-quarters of Greenland is located within the Arctic Circle, and its northernmost point is less than 800 kilometers from the North Pole, and its southernmost point is only 26 kilometers from Ellesmere Island in Canada.
Although Denmark is only a small country in Northern Europe, it is an economically developed country.