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No regular military forces
Manpower available for military service
Males age 16-49 15,280 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service
Males age 16-49 10,765
Females age 16-49 11,399 (2010 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
Male 488
Female 478 (2010 est.) Military - note
Defense is the responsibility of Denmark
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Greenland [ Denmark ] (Denmark):
 
GPS points from Greenland [ Denmark ] (Denmark)
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Greenland, the world's largest island, is about 81% ice capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish colonization began in the 18th century, and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the European Community (now the EU) with Denmark in 1973 but withdrew in 1985 over a dispute centered on stringent fishing quotas. Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament; the law went into effect the following year. Greenland voted in favor of increased self-rule in November 2008 and acquired greater responsibility for internal affairs when the Act on Greenland Self Government was signed into law in June 2009. Denmark, however, continues to exercise control of Greenland's foreign affairs, security, and financial policy in consultation with Greenland's Home Rule Government.