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Current data, valid as of 1 January 2012
Official name:
Het Koninkrijk Kronenburg ('The Kingdom of Kronenburg')
Inhabitants: 9,248,799 (1-1-2012)
Area: 6,571.81 km2
Form of government: constitutional monarchy
National holidays:
1st Friday of February ('Promulgation Day'; opening of
the parliamental year)
1st of June (departure of the U.S. occupational forces
from Kronenburg in 1947)
16 November (birthday of king Ernst I Frederik)
POPULATION
Population density: 1,407.13 inh/km2
Growth rate: 0.71% (2011)
Life expectancy: male 77.3, female 79.7 years
Top 5 cities (+ inhabitants)
Alexanderstad (3,460,175)
Friescheburg (1,411,157)
Noordeinde (866,418)
Marianne (709,138)
Waterburg (489,181)
Languages:
in Kronenburg: Dutch (official), Kronenburgish, English
(on West-Cod)
on New-Stavoren: Dutch (official), Kronenburgish
dialects
on the White Islands: Dutch (official), Icelandic,
Gaelic dialects, mixed dialects
on the Virgin Island: Dutch, Danish (official),
Negro-Dutch, English
Literacy: >99%
Religions: Lutheran (55%), Roman Catholic (23%),
Anglican (9%), Judaism (7%)
Universities:
Royal University (founded in
1712 in Kronenburg-City, now located in Alexanderstad)
Dansk Universitet (Danish University, founded in 1744
in Denestad)
University of Technology 'Kornelis Frankema' (founded in
1949 in Waterburg)
University of Law and Arts (founded in 2004 in
Alexanderstad)
GOVERNMENT
Capital: Alexanderstad
Administrative divisions: twelve municipalities
(Alexanderstad, Dietzland, Groningen, Koninginneland,
Markenland, Oosterland, Oranjewijk, Oud-Kronenburg,
Waterland, West-Cod, Westerland and Zuiderland), the
overseas municipality of New-Stavoren, as well as two
autonomous overseas provinces (the White Islands and the
Virgin Islands)
Head of state: king Ernst I Frederik of
Habsburg-Lorraine, since 24 September 2010
Parliament: a bicameral institution, consisting of
the Noordkamer (house of representatives; 175 members) and
the Zuidkamer (senate; 81 members)
Main political parties: PvG (left-liberal), LKP
(right-liberal), PSV (social-democrats), NCD
(christian-democrats), ROOS! (communists/greens), PU
(pragmatists), KV (christians)
Head of government: prime minister Hans Dankert (PvG),
since 4 May 2011
Minister of foreign affairs: Mathias Schydtz (ROOS!),
since 6 February 2012
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GEOGRAPHY AND
CLIMATE
Highest mountain: Kolonistenpiek (103 m)
Climate: moderate climate with rain in all seasons
Average temperature in January and July: 0°C,
20°C
Average quantity of rain: 1000 - 1500 mm a year
ECONOMY
GDP: $406.773 billion
Currency: Kronenburg
Guilder ('Gulden', KBG)
1 KBG = € 0.1046 (January 1st, 2012)
1 KBG = $ 0.1358 (January 1st, 2012)
1 KBG = £ 0.0872 (January 1st, 2012)
Inflation: 1.65%
(2011)
Unemployment: 7.6%
(2011)
Working population:
agriculture (7.2%), industry (23.8%), services (69.0%)
Export: chemical
products, technological products, provisions, raw materials
Import: oil,
technological produts, cars, provisions, raw materials
Main partners: United
States, Canada, European Union
Main businesses: BT
(Bylsma-Tadema, warehouse since 1921), Corona
(telecommunications), BartholomeVis (fish processing),
Nationale Handelsbank, Van der Meer Verzekeringen
(insurance), Andersen (editor), Hobbema Meubels (furniture),
SwaBo (media), O3-Investments
Main newspapers:
Kronenburger Bode (1744), Dagbladet af Dansted
(1756), Friescheburgsche Courant (1803), Nieuwe
Oosterlandsche Courant (1894), Binnenlands Dagblad
(1948), Det Kroneborgsk Neisblat (news in the
Kronenburg language, 2002. Until 2011 under the name It
Kronenbörgsk Nysblad)
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS
Member of: United Nations
(1973), OAS (1984), Commonwealth (1989), WTO (1991), AGL
(1999), WHO (2000) and others
TIME
Time zone: UTC -4.30
Kronenburg doesn't use daylight saving time
ANTHEM AND
FLAG
Anthem: Zoo is Kronenburg - text by J. Hermsen
(1789 - 1856), original music by Harmon Ferwerda (1793 -
1877), most popular and frequently used setting by M.J.
Hansema (1870 - 1959)
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