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   Note: This section last updated 22nd April 2021

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 22nd April 2021

In Danish:

   dd.mm.yyyy

   14.32

In Inuktitut:

   yyyy.mm.dd

   14.32

The official language is Inuktitut (Greenlandic, also called Kalaallisut in Greenland) (40 000 speakers), an Inuit (Eskimo) language. Danish (7 830 speakers), the official language before June 2009, still widely used.

Forms of address are not used in Greenland.

   Tables of forms of address  can be acquired

Addresses are written in this format:

   Recipient name
   Thoroughfare[ ]number
   postal code[  ]SETTLEMENT NAME

for example:

The postal code should be separated from the town name by two spaces.

The address may be written in Greenlandic or Danish.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Greenland belongs to the Danish postal system and, like Denmark, all its postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits placed before and on the same line as the settlement name. All Greenland postal codes begin with the number 39. Each settlement has its own postal code.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Greenland - Postal code format graphic

Greenland - Postal code format

Greenland - Postal code specifics

Greenland - Postal code regular expression

Greenland - Postal code level of coverage

Greenland - Postal code map

Refer to Exonyms in Greenland for full lists of place names in Greenland in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http:www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 27th December 2017

Greenland is divided into 5 communes , not used in addresses. These are:

    Avannaata 
    Kujalleq 
    Qaasuitsup 
    Qeqertalik 
    Sermersooq 

Some of the country is not assigned to any of these five communes.

Administrative districts graphic

   Note: This section last updated 24th September 2017

Greenland telephone numbers have no area codes. All subscriber numbers have 6 digits. Mobile numbers begin 21-29, 42-49 or 51-59.