| Iceland is a volcanic island on the mid-Atlantic Ridge. | | | | which has one chamber, and the President is also |
| The centre of the country is approximately at | | | | nationally elected. |
| 65° N and 18° W. The closest countries are | | | | The country is divided into five electoral districts, 20 |
| Greenland, 287 km, the Faroe Islands, 420 km, and | | | | administrative districts and 101 municipalities. The |
| Scotland, 798 km. Iceland's area is 102,700 km2 and | | | | population is 319,000 and two-thirds of the inhabitants |
| its coastline 6300 km, and 37% of the country is | | | | live in the capital city area, about 40% of these in |
| over 600 m above sea level. Only 2% of the country | | | | the capital city Reykjavík. Most of the larger |
| is arable land and two-thirds of it is sparsely | | | | towns are near the capital city: Kopavogur, |
| vegetated desert or glaciers. | | | | Hafnarfjordur, Mosfellsbaer and Gardabaer, but of the |
| Glaciers cover about 11% of the country's surface, | | | | other larger towns the largest are Akureyri in North |
| and the biggest of them is Vatnajokull, which is 8300 | | | | Iceland and Reykjanesbaer in the southwest corner. |
| km2. Also, the highest mountain in the country is | | | | About 70% of the population work in the service |
| there, Hvannadalshnjukur 2119 m. Iceland was part of | | | | sector, about 25% in industry and only 5% in |
| the Danish empire until 1918 but obtained full | | | | agriculture and fisheries, while about 60% of the total |
| independence in 1944. Every four years in general | | | | export value is from seafood products and about |
| elections representatives are elected to Althingi, | | | | 36% from the industry. |