Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands
Status	Proto Dependency
Sovereignty	Denmark
Capital	Torshavn
Land Area	1 396km21
Location	Europe, Scandinavia
Groupings	Small Islands
Population
Life Expectancy
GNI
ISO3166-1 Codes	FO, FRO, 2342
Internet Domain	.fo3
Currency	Krone (DKK)4
Telephone	+2985

1. Overview
2. Religion and Beliefs
3. The Internet
4. Links

1. Overview

“The population of the Faroe Islands is largely descended from Viking settlers who arrived in the 9th century. The islands have been connected politically to Denmark since the 14th century. A high degree of self-government was granted the Faroese in 1948, who have autonomy over most internal affairs while Denmark is responsible for justice, defense, and foreign affairs. The Faroe Islands are not part of the European Union.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₆

As a territory of Denmark I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.

2. Religion and Beliefs

#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism

Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below₇:

The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Evangelical Lutheran 83.8%, other and unspecified 16.2% (2006 census)₈.

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems

3. The Internet

Internet access has become an essential research tool. It facilitates an endless list of life improvements, from the ability to network and socialize without constraint, to access to a seemingly infinite repository of technical and procedural information on pretty much any task. The universal availability of data has sped up industrial development and personal learning at the national and personal level. Individuals can read any topic they wish regardless of the locality of expert teachers, and, entire nations can develop their technology and understanding of the world simply because they are now exposed to advanced societies and moral discourses online. Like every communications medium, the Internet has issues and causes a small range of problems, but these are insignificant compared to the advantages of having an online populace.