2025-01-09 21:38 UTC
2/ As we covered in our #geoweirdness thread about Denmark 🇩🇰,
Greenland 🇬🇱 is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
It has a population of only 50,000
The local government is responsible for local matters, while Denmark is
responsible for foreign policy and defence. The currency is the Danish Kroner.
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@opencage@en.osm.town 2025-01-09 21:38
3/ Denmark 🇩🇰 is part of the European Union 🇪🇺, but Greenland 🇬🇱 is not, having left the European Economic Community (the EU's predecessor) in 1985. Nevertheless, because they are citizens of the Danish Realm, Greenlandic citizens have EU citizenship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_and_the_European_Union As with most of the 32 "special territories of members of the European Economic Area", it's complicated. #geoweirdness