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HIV news : 0.2% (2001 est.) Population below poverty line news : NA . Literacy : 99.9% (1997 est.) House hold income lowest than 10% news : NA House hold income highest than 10% news : NA Inflation news : 2.1% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate news : 3.4% (2003 est.) . Internet Users news : 195,000 (2003) . Location : Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the UK . Geographic Coordinates : 65 00 N, 18 00 W . Religion Iceland news : Evangelical Lutheran 87.1%, other Protestant 4.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, other 7.1% (2002) . Administrative region : 8 regions; Austurland, Hofudhborgarsvaedhi, Nordhurland Eystra, Nordhurland Vestra, Sudhurland, Sudhurnes, Vestfirdhir, Vesturland . Terrain : mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords . Elevation extremes lowest : Atlantic Ocean 0 m . Elevation extremes highest : Hvannadalshnukur 2,119 m (at Vatnajokull glacier) . Natural resources : fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite . Land use arable land : 0,07%. Land use permanentcrops : 0%. Irrigated land : NA sq km . Natural hazards : earthquakes and volcanic activity . Environment current issues : water pollution from fertilizer runoff; inadequate wastewater treatment . Geography note : strategic location between Greenland and Europe; westernmost European country; Reykjavik is the northernmost national capital in the world; more land covered by glaciers than in all of continental Europe . Population news : 293,966 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 22,50%. age -14 men : 33 522. age -14 ladies : 32 489. age 15/64 p : 65,80%. age 15/64 men : 98 091. age 15/64 ladies : 95 450. age +65 p : 11,70%. age +65 men : 15 552. age +65 ladies : 18 862. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 33.8 years . median age male : 33.3 years . median age female : 34.3 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 0.97% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 13.83 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 6.57 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : 2.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.04 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.03 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 1.03 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.83 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 3.44 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 3.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 80.18 years . life expectancy at birth male : 78.18 years . life expectancy at birth female : 82.27 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 1.93 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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Our friends in Iceland : Japanese restaurant city delivery Iceland Search last news Iceland Weather local Iceland Supemarket news carrefour News search hotel bbc Iceland Radio, National, Station directory Iceland.0/0 and websites in Iceland. Iceland Radio national station tv, blog Iceland, free weather, radio sales local, repair show locator, first lottery, bank : Iceland. Settled by Norwegian and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th centuries A.D., Iceland boasts the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly, the Althing, established in 930. Independent for over 300 years, Iceland was subsequently ruled by Norway and Denmark. Fallout from the Askja volcano of 1875 devastated the Icelandic economy and caused widespread famine. Over the next quarter century, 20% of the island's population emigrated, mostly to Canada and the US. Limited home rule from Denmark was granted in 1874 and complete independence attained in 1944. Literacy, longevity, income, and social cohesion are first-rate by world standards. Minimum salary : none; minimum wages are negotiated in various collectively bargained agreements and applied automatically to all employees in those occupations, regardless of union membership; while the agreements can be either industry- or sector-wide, and in some cases firm-specific, the minimum wage levels are occupation-specific ( USD/month) Electric : Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz. Plug fittings are normally two-pin with round section pins 4mm in diameter with centres 2cm apart. Lamp fittings are screw-type. Almost all the power is generated by thermal hydroelectric stations.
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