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The Republic of Iceland，Islenska Lydveldid (European countries) Satellite maps

Country: Iceland Republic(The Republic of Iceland, Islenska Lydveldid)Independence Day: December 1 (1918)National Day: June 17 (1944)Flag: a rectangular, long and wide as the ratio of 25:18.Flag for the blue, red, white and blue flag of the Cross will be divided into four: two equal to the blue square, two of the same blue rectangle.On behalf of the blue sea, white on behalf of snow.Blue, white and blue for the color of Iceland, Iceland embody the characteristics of the natural environment, that is, in the blue sky and the sea, emerged "ice of the land" - Iceland.Iceland since 1262 from the Norwegian territory, the 14th century with the Danish rule, the national flag on the Cross logo from the Danish national flag logo, show the history of Iceland and Norway, Denmark relations.National Emblem: Center logo for the national flag painted a logo shield logo.Shield logo is a red tongue top of the claws of the White Falcon white teeth and a red tongue of the claws of the dragon, the left is a Black Cattle, wearing the right stood a white cloak of the elderly.Falcon, Lung, cattle and the elderly are legends of the patron saint.Stones at the bottom of the shield logo on behalf of Iceland's long rocky coast.National Anthem: "Ode to the Millennium"State bird: White FalconNational political figures: President Aola Wei Er Geli Musong (Olafur R. Grimsson), 2004年6, Iceland again reelection as president.Physical Geography: an area of 103,000 square kilometers.Is the most western European countries, located in the central North Atlantic, near the Arctic, Glacier area of 8,000 square kilometers, the second largest island in Europe.About 4,970 km coastline.Throughout the 3 / 4 is 400-800 meters above sea level on the plateau, 1 / 8 of glacier coverage.More than 100 volcanoes, of which more than 20 active volcanoes on.Warner达尔斯赫努克volcano to the highest peak, 2,119 meters above sea level.Iceland almost the entire country built on volcanic rock, most of the land can not be reclaimed, the world's hot springs than any other country, so called Binghuo country.More fountains, waterfalls, lakes and fast rivers, the largest river in tin on national Sao River 227 km long.Iceland is a cold temperate maritime climate, volatile.Gulf Stream due to effects of the same latitude than other areas of moderate.Long summer sunshine, winter sunshine very short.This shows that the beginning of autumn and winter aurora.Population: 276,000 (2002).For the vast majority of Icelanders, a Germanic people.The official language is Icelandic, English as the common language.Nearly 90 percent of the Christian Ludejiaopai.Capital: Reykjavik (Reykjavik), population 112,268 (December 2001), the annual average temperature 4.3 ℃.Nearly one-third of the country's people live in Reykjavik.Administrative Division: National divided into 23 provinces, 21 municipalities and 203 dioceses.History: 8 end of the century, Irish monks first resettlement Iceland.9 after the first half of the century, Norway, Iceland began to immigrants.930 AD was established in the Federal Parliament and Iceland.1262, Iceland and Norway signed an agreement, Iceland Hill belongs to Norway.1380 ice move Tonggui Danish rule.1904 was internal self-government.1918, the federal law signed Dan Ice, ice provided as a sovereign state, but still the Danish Foreign Affairs control.1940 was the German occupation of Denmark, the ice-Danish bilateral relations interrupted.British troops stationed in the same year, the U.S. military next year to replace the British garrison in the ice.June 16, 1944 officially announced the dissolution of parliament ice ice Dan Union, on the 17th to set up the Republic of Iceland.In 1946 to join the United Nations, in 1949 to become NATO members.Politics: implementation of republican, parliamentary and presidential common control legislative and judicial powers control the courts, the President and the Government has the executive power.President heads of state, through direct elections, the government acts to veto a four-year term, may be re-elected.Parliament is divided into Upper and Lower House.At the upper and lower houses of parliament, in October 1991 into a hospital, a total of 63 members, a four-year term.Iceland is not the establishment of the army.Economy: fishing is the economic pillar of industrial products to fish processing and high energy consumption industries mainly Lianlv.The dependence on foreign trade.Fisheries, water and geothermal resource-rich, and other natural resources, oil and other products to import.Can be developed in the amount of 64 billion hydroelectric, geothermal energy, power generation capacity up to 7.2 billion degrees.Weak industrial base, with the exception of fisheries products processing and light industries, such as knitting, high energy consumption industries to Lianlv mainly industrial.Icelandic fishing is the national economy's pillar industries, the main species of fish scales have hair, cod and herring, the vast majority of fisheries products exports, exports of fisheries products to total exports of goods accounted for nearly 70 percent.Iceland's fishing fleet and well-equipped, fish processing technology in the world, occupying first position.Where high latitude, less sunshine, only a few Southern farms with an annual output of 400 to 500 tons of crops.Arable land area of 1,000 square kilometers, accounting for 1 percent of the total area.Livestock accounted for a major position, the majority of agricultural land be used to feed pasture.The corresponding wool industry and leather industry is relatively developed.Meat, milk, eggs Zijiyouyu, grain, vegetables, fruits basic rely on imports.Greenhouse cultivation tomatoes, cucumber domestic production can meet 70 percent of the consumer.In the services sector accounted for an important position in the national economy, including business, banking, insurance and public services, its output value accounted for about half of the gross domestic product, the total number of practitioners of the two-thirds of labor.1980, vigorously develop the tourism industry.Major tourist spots are the glaciers, volcanic features, geothermal fountains and waterfalls, and so on.Iceland's per capita GDP of nearly 30,000 U.S. dollars, ranked as the world's forefront.Where the fresh air and pure water in the world Kanchendiyi.The average female life expectancy reached 82.2 years old, men and 78.1 years old.All higher education, as early as more than 100 years ago in Iceland on the eradication of illiteracy.1999 Iceland has become the world's highest mobile phone penetration rate of the country.Military: Under the Constitution, not to set up a military Iceland.In 1949 to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in 1951 signed defense agreements with the United States, the United States responsible for its defense.U.S. Air Force Base in ice and a garrison, and with a fighter aircraft, submarine-hunting aircraft and radar stations and other military equipment and facilities.Iceland has a marine patrol, with some small patrol boats and aircraft, is responsible for the protection of fisheries and maritime rescue work.Press and Publications: a national newspaper "Morning News", "Daily News", "Daily Times."State radio and television each one, national radio program broadcast five sets, two private television stations, and several private radio stations.Foreign Affairs: to maintain with the United States and other Western countries partnership, to the strengthening and Asia and other countries in the region, and through the United Nations actively participate in international affairs.Relations with China: December 8, 1971, Iceland and China established diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level.1996, the two governments signed an agreement to avoid double taxation ice, this is Iceland and Europe and North America outside of the first countries to sign agreements to avoid double taxation.June 2002, President Jiang Zemin on a state visit to Iceland.May 2005 President Grimsson a state visit to China.May 2005, Iceland's President Grimsson a state visit to China.Reproduced: http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2002-06/01/content_418818.htm

The Republic of Iceland，Islenska Lydveldid geographical coordinates (Google maps satellite map Landmark) finishing date: (2006/9/30 11:19:00)
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