Faroe Islands Føroyar (Faroese) | |
|---|---|
| Anthem: "Tú alfagra land mítt" (Faroese) (English: "Thou, fairest land of mine") | |
 Location of the Faroe Islands (green) in Europe (green and dark grey) | |
.svg) Location of the Faroe Islands (red; circled) in the Kingdom of Denmark (beige) | |
| Sovereign state | Denmark |
| Unified with Norway | c. 1035 |
| Cession to Denmark | 14 January 1814 |
| Home rule | 1 April 1948 |
| Further autonomy | 29 July 2005[1] |
| Capital and largest city | Tórshavn 62°00′N 06°47′W / 62.000°N 6.783°W |
| Official languages | |
| Ethnic groups | Faroe Islanders |
| Religion | Christianity (Church of the Faroe Islands) |
| Demonym(s) |
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| Government | Devolved government within a parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Margrethe II |
| Lene Moyell Johansen | |
| Bárður á Steig Nielsen | |
| Legislature | Løgting |
| National representation | |
| 2 members | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,399 km2 (540 sq mi) (not ranked) |
• Water (%) | 0.5 |
| Highest elevation | 882 m (2,894 ft) |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 52,110[4] (214th) |
• 2020 census | 52,337[5] |
• Density | 37.0/km2 (95.8/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $3 billion[6] (not ranked) |
• Per capita | $61,325 (not ranked) |
| Gini (2015) |  23.3[7]low · 2 |
| HDI (2008) | 0.950[8] very high |
| Currency | Faroese króna (DKK) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +298 |
| Postal codes | FO-xxx |
| ISO 3166 code | FO |
| Internet TLD | .fo |
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands, or the Faroes, are a North Atlantic archipelago located 320 kilometres (200 mi) north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway between Norway and Iceland. Like Greenland, it is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. The islands have a total area of about 1,400 square kilometres (540 sq mi) with a population of 52,703 as of September 2020.