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Iceland (in Icelandic, Ísland), officially
Republic of Iceland, island republic, lying just below the
Arctic Circle in the North Atlantic Ocean, about 300 km (185
mi) south-east of Greenland, about 800 km (500 mi) north-west
of Scotland, and about 1,000 km (620 mi) west of Norway. The
country's maximum length (from east to west) is about 485
km (300 mi); the country's maximum width is about 305 km (190
mi) from north to south. Iceland has an area of 103,000 sq
km (39,769 sq mi).
Capital - Reykjavík
Languages- Icelandic (official)
Official Currency- Krona
Religions - Evangelical Lutheran, others
Population - 273,000
European Time Zone. Western European Standard Time (WET) is
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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