Iceland

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MapLatitude:65 N

Longitude:18 E

4 Things You Should Know

Population: 304,367

Total Area:39,769 sq mile, 103,000 sq km

Capital City: Reykjavik

Official Language: Icelandic

Schools

• Iceland has an excellent education system.

• Iceland also has the highest percentage of children enrolled in school in the world.

Iceland Celebrities

• Ingolfur Arnarson

• Snorri Stuluson

• Sveinn Bjornsson

• Haldor Kiljan Laxness

• Vigdis Finnbogadottir

Jobs

• Clothing factories and printing and publishing activities.

• Food processing and chemical industries.

• Electrical equimpment

Iceland's Climate

• The average temperature for July is 51F (11C).

• Iceland’s climate is much milder than you might expect.

Iceland’s population

• Iceland’s population is 304,367

Iceland’s Holiday’s

• They only have two really big holiday’s and they are Christmas (of course) and New Years.

Clothing/dress

• Iceland people dress finely and warm. So they sort of dress like us.

Government-president/monarchy

• Constitutional republic.

Language

• Iceland, English, Nordic language, German widely spoken.

Flag

• Iceland’s flag colors are red and white and blue.

Iceland

Bibliography

The bibliography for this power point was written out and handed in to Ms. Olson separately.