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copenhagen administrative divisions: metropolitan denmark - 14 counties (amter. singular - amt) and 2 boroughs* (amtskommuner. singular - amtskommune); arhus. bornholm. frederiksberg*. frederiksborg. fyn. kobenhavn. kobenhavn (copenhagen)*. nordjylland. ribe. ringkobing. roskilde. sonderjylland. storstrom. vejle. vestsjalland. viborg note: since 2005 bornholm may have become a borough; in the future the counties may be replaced by regions; see separate entries for the faroe islands and greenland. which are part of the kingdom of denmark and are self-governing overseas administrative divisions independence: first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy national holiday: none designated; constitution day. 5 june (1849) is generally viewed as the national day constitution: 5 june 1849 adoption of original constitution; a major overhaul of 5 june 1953 allowed for a unicameral legislature and a female chief of state legal system: civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory icj jurisdiction. with reservations suffrage: 18 years of age; universal executive branch: chief of state: queen margrethe ii (since 14 january 1972); heir apparent crown prince frederik. elder son of the monarch (born 26 may 1968) head of government: prime minister anders fogh rasmussen (since 27 november 2001) cabinet: cabinet appointed by the prime minister and approved by parliament elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; following legislative elections. the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch legislative branch: unicameral people's assembly or folketinget (179 seats. including 2 from greenland and 2 from the faroe islands; members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 8 february 2005 (next to be held february 2009) election results: percent of vote by party - liberal party 29%. social democrats 25.9%. danish people's party 13.2%. conservative party 10.3%. social liberal party 9.2%. socialist people's party 6%. unity list 3.4%; seats by party - liberal party 52. social democrats 47. danish people's party 24. conservative party 18. social liberal party 17. socialist people's party 11. unity list 6; note - does not include the 2 seats from greenland and the 2 seats from the faroe islands judicial branch: supreme court (judges are appointed by the monarch for life) political parties and leaders: center democratic party [mimi jakobsen]; christian democrats (was christian people's party) [marianne karlsmose]; conservative party (sometimes known as conservative people's party) [bendt bendtsen]; danish people's party [pia kjaersgaard]; liberal party [anders fogh rasmussen]; social democratic party [helle thorning-schmidt]; social liberal party (sometimes called the radical left) [marianne jelved. leader; soren bald. chairman]; socialist people's party [villy soevndal]; red-green unity list (bloc includes left socialist party. communist party of denmark. socialist workers' party) [collective leadership] political pressure groups and leaders: na international organization participation: afdb. asdb. australia group. bis. cbss. ce. cern. eapc. ebrd. eib. esa. eu. fao. g- 9. iadb. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. iea. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. miga. monuc. nato. nc. nea. nib. nsg. oas (observer). oecd. opcw. osce. paris club. pca. un. un security council (temporary). unctad. unesco. unhcr. unido. unmee. unmil. unmogip. unomig. untso. upu. wco. weu (observer). who. wipo. wmo. wto. zc diplomatic representation in the us: chief of mission: ambassador friis petersen chancery: 3200 whitehaven street nw. washington. dc 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 234-4300 fax: [1] (202) 328-1470 consulate(s) general: chicago and new york diplomatic representation from the us: chief of mission: ambassador james p. cain embassy: dag hammarskjolds alle 24. 2100 copenhagen mailing address: psc 73. apo ae 09716 telephone: [45] 33 41 71 00 fax: [45] 35 43 02 23 flag description: 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. and that design element of the dannebrog (danish flag) was subsequently adopted by the other nordic countries of finland. iceland. norway. and sweden economy - overview: this thoroughly modern market economy features high-tech agriculture. up-to-date small-scale and corporate industry. extensive government welfare measures. comfortable living standards. a stable currency. and high dependence on foreign trade. denmark is a net exporter of food and energy and enjoys a comfortable balance of payments surplus. government objectives include streamlining the bureaucracy and further privatization of state assets. the government has been successful in meeting. and even exceeding. the economic convergence criteria for participating in the third phase (a common european currency) of the european economic and monetary union (emu). but denmark has decided not to join 12 other eu members in the euro; even so. the danish krone remains pegged to the euro. growth in 2005 was sluggish. yet above the scanty 0.3% of 2003. because of high gdp per capita. welfare benefits. a low gini index. and political stability. the danish people enjoy living standards topped by no other nation. a major long-term issue will be the sharp decline in the ratio of workers to retirees. gdp (purchasing power parity): $182.1 billion (2005 est.) gdp (official exchange rate): $254.1 billion (2005 est.) gdp - real growth rate: 2.2% (2005 est.) gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $33.500 (2005 est.) gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: 2.2% industry: 24% services: 73.8% (2005 est.) labor force: 2.9 million (2005 est.) labor force - by occupation: agriculture 4%. industry 17%. services 79% (2002 est.) unemployment rate: 5.7% (2005 est.) population below poverty line: na household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 24% (2000 est.) distribution of family income - gini index: 24.7 (1997) inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.9% (2005 est.) investment (gross fixed): 19.5% of gdp (2005 est.) budget: revenues: $148.8 billion expenditures: $142.6 billion. including capital expenditures of $500 million (2005 est.) public debt: 40.4% of gdp (2005 est.) agriculture - products: barley. wheat. potatoes. sugar beets; pork. dairy products; fish industries: iron. steel. nonferrous metals. chemicals. food processing. machinery and transportation equipment. textiles and clothing. electronics. construction. furniture and other wood products. shipbuilding and refurbishment. windmills industrial production growth rate: 4% (2005 est.) electricity - production: 43.32 billion kwh (2003) electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 82.7% hydro: 0.1% nuclear: 0% other: 17.3% (2001) electricity - consumption: 31.68 billion kwh (2003) electricity - exports: 15.6 billion kwh (2003) electricity - imports: 7 billion kwh (2003) oil - production: 376.900 bbl/day (2003) oil - consumption: 188.300 bbl/day (2003 est.) oil - exports: 332.100 bbl/day (2001) oil - imports: 195.000 bbl/day (2001) oil - proved reserves: 1.23 billion bbl (1 january 2002) natural gas - production: 8.38 billion cu m (2001 est.) natural gas - consumption: 5.28 billion cu m (2001 est.) natural gas - exports: 3.1 billion cu m (2001 est.) natural gas - imports: 0 cu m (2001 est.) natural gas - proved reserves: 81.98 billion cu m (1 january 2002) current account balance: $7.019 billion (2005 est.) exports: $84.95 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.) exports - partners: germany 18%. sweden 13.2%. uk 8.7%. us 5.8%. netherlands 5.5%. norway 5.4%. france 5% (2004) imports: $74.69 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.) imports - partners: germany 22.3%. sweden 13.5%. netherlands 6.8%. uk 6.1%. france 4.5%. norway 4.5%. italy 4.1%. china 4% (2004) reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $40.05 billion (2004 est.) debt - external: $352.9 billion (30 june 2005) economic aid - donor: oda. $1.63 billion (1999) currency (code): danish krone (dkk) currency code: dkk exchange rates: danish kroner per us dollar - 5.93 (2005). 5.9911 (2004). 6.5877 (2003). 7.8947 (2002). 8.3228 (2001) fiscal year: calendar year telephones - main lines in use: 3.610.100 (2003) telephones - mobile cellular: 4.785.300 (2003) telephone system: general assessment: excellent telephone and telegraph services domestic: buried and submarine cables and microwave radio relay form trunk network. 4 cellular mobile communications systems international: country code - 45; 18 submarine fiber-optic cables linking denmark with canada. faroe islands. germany. iceland. netherlands. norway. poland. russia. sweden. and uk; satellite earth stations - 6 intelsat. 10 eutelsat. 1 orion. 1 inmarsat (blaavand-atlantic-east); note - the nordic countries (denmark. finland. iceland. norway. and sweden) share the danish earth station and the eik. norway. station for worldwide inmarsat access (1997) radio broadcast stations: am 2. fm 355. shortwave 0 (1998) radios: 6.02 million (1997) television broadcast stations: 26 (plus 51 repeaters) (1998) televisions: 3.121 million (1997) internet country code: .dk internet hosts: 1.219.925 (2004) internet service providers (isps): 13 (2000) internet users: 2.756 million (2002) airports: 97 (2004 est.) airports - with paved runways: total: 28 over 3.047 m: 2 2.438 to 3.047 m: 7 1.524 to 2.437 m: 4 914 to 1.523 m: 12 under 914 m: 3 (2005 est.) airports - with unpaved runways: total: 69 914 to 1.523 m: 6 under 914 m: 63 (2005 est.) pipelines: condensate 12 km; gas 3.892 km; oil 455 km; oil/gas/water 2 km; unknown (oil/water) 64 km (2004) railways: total: 2.628 km standard gauge: 2.628 km 1.435-m gauge (595 km electrified) (2004) roadways: total: 71.847 km paved: 71.847 km (including 920 km of expressways) (2002) waterways: 417 km (2001) merchant marine: total: 287 ships (1.000 grt or over) 6.952.473 grt/9.030.444 dwt by type: bulk carrier 2. cargo 67. chemical tanker 40. container 79. liquefied gas 10. livestock carrier 2. passenger 1. passenger/cargo 42. petroleum tanker 25. refrigerated cargo 7. roll on/roll off 8. specialized tanker 4 foreign-owned: 23 (bahamas 14. france 1. greece 1. greenland 1. norway 2. sweden 2. uae 1. vietnam 1) registered in other countries: 487 (2005) ports and terminals: aalborg. aarhus. asnaesvaerkets. copenhagen. elsinore. ensted. esbjerg. fredericia. frederikshavn. graasten. kalundborg. odense. roenne military branches: royal danish army. royal danish navy (sovaernet). royal danish air force. home guard (hjemmevaernet) (2005) military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory and volunteer military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months according to specialization; reservists are assigned to mobilization units following completion of their conscript service (2004) manpower available for military service: males age 18-49: 1.175.108 (2005 est.) manpower fit for military service: males age 18-49: 955.168 (2005 est.) manpower reaching military service age annually: males: 31.317 (2005 est.) military expenditures - dollar figure: $3.271.6 million (2003) military expenditures - percent of gdp: 1.5% (2004) disputes - international: iceland disputes the faroe islands' fisheries median line; iceland. the uk. and ireland dispute denmark's claim that the faroe islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm; faroese continue to study proposals for full independence; uncontested sovereignty dispute with canada over hans island in the kennedy channel between ellesmere island and greenland
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