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Undated: Greenland is the world's largest island,[d] located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is an autonomous territory[10] within the Kingdom of Denmark. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the colonial powers, as well as the nearby island of Iceland) for more than a millennium.[11]

Greenland is divided into five municipalitiesSermersooq, Kujalleq, Qeqertalik, Qeqqata, and Avannaata. It has two unincorporated areas — the Northeast Greenland National Park and the Thule Air Base. The last one, even if under Danish control, is administered by the United States Air Force.[13]

At 70%, Greenland has one of the highest shares of renewable energy in the world, mostly coming from hydropower.

Several American and Danish military bases are located in Greenland, including the American Thule Air Base, which is home to the 21st Space Wing's global network of sensors providing missile warning, space surveillance and space control to North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Air Force Space Command (AFSPC).[102]

In 1995, a political scandal resulted in Denmark after a report revealed the government had given tacit permission for nuclear weapons to be located in Greenland, in contravention of Denmark's 1957 nuclear-free zone policy.[103][60] The United States built a secret nuclear powered base, called Camp Century, in the Greenland ice sheet.[104] On 21 January 1968, a B-52G, with four nuclear bombs aboard as part of Operation Chrome Dome, crashed on the ice of the North Star Bay while attempting an emergency landing at Thule Air Base.[105] The resulting fire caused extensive radioactive contamination.[106] One of the H-bombs remains lost.[107][108]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland#Military

July 25, 2012: Greenland has many rich deposits of coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite and uranium. The economy of Greenland is partly dependent on the income derived from mineral exploration and extraction.
https://www.azomining.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=59


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November 8: Months after U.S. President Donald Trump made waves with a proposal to buy Greenland, the State Department is laying the groundwork to open a consulate on the sparsely populated island, marking a new diplomatic outpost in a fast-melting Arctic where rivals such as Russia and China are pushing for greater influence. 
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/08/trump-puts-down-new-roots-greenland-arctic-denmark/


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