Description flag of Denmark
red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side; the banner is referred to as the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
Flag notes
the shifted design element was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries of Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
Local names
Kongeriget Danmark (long)
Danmark (short)
Nationality
Dane(s) (noun) Danmark (adjective)
Languages spoken
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
Notes
English is the predominant second language
Population
5,484,723 ranked 112, (data 2008)
Geography
controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen. The lowest point is Lammefjord -7 m.
Administrative divisions
metropolitan Denmark - 5 regions (regioner, singular - region); Hovedstaden, Midtjylland, Nordjylland, Sjaelland, Syddanmark
an extensive local government reform merged 271 municipalities into 98 and 13 counties into five regions, effective 1 January 2007
Independence
first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy
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