information that we should know. Climate: temparate: warmed and cooled by North Atlantic
It also has many secrets to tell... Current; it has mild, windy winters and damp, cool
So if your from Iceland and you summers
think your not getting noticed, Terrain: this country has mostly plateaus but are interspered
well think again. This is for you, with mountains and icefields; the coast is deeply
Iceland. indented by bays and fiords, (a long, narrow
estuary with steep sides)
Highest Peak: Mount Hvannadalshnukur at 2,110m
Natural Resourses: fish, hydropower, geothermic power, and diatomit
Goverment Information- People Information-
Name: Population-301,931 (July 2007 est.)
Convetional Long Form-Republic of Life Expectancy: Male-78 years
Iceland Female-84 years
Conventional Short Form-Iceland Population Growth Rate-0.824%
Local Long Form-Lydveldid Island Birth Rate-13.57 births/1,000 population
Local Short Form-Island ` Death Rate-6.77 deaths/1,000 population
Capital-Reykjavik Languages- Icelandic, English, Nordic, German
Government Type-Constitutional Republic Literacy-99%
Independence-Became a state under the Religion-Christianity
Danish Crown on December 1, 1918; Military Information-
separated from Denmark on June 17, Military Branches- no regular military forces; Icelandic National Police
1944 Manpower available for military service-males age 18-49: 69,038
National Holiday-Independence Day, June
17, (1944)
Chief of State-President Olafur Ragnar
Grimsson