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Zealand is the largest island in , located between the Island of and the southern tip of . It is the seat of the capital and home to 2.3 million people.
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is the capital city of and forms the moderate conurbation that one million Danes call home. It is big enough to form a small Danish metropolis, with shopping, culture and nightlife par excellence, yet small enough still to feel intimate and be safe.

is the central area and the historical heart of , bounded by the lakes circling the inner city and the harbour, it reflects the entire city’s extent during the reign of King Christian IV, when the town was fortified.

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is in , , 35 km west of . is an ancient city dating from the Viking age. The most important historical sights are the Viking Museum and Cathedral, World Heritage site.

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County is a former county in the west-central part of the island of Zealand in eastern . The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising a few former counties.

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is a region in , in the northeastern part of the island of Zealand. More accurately, it is the area north of and east of Ise Fjord.

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, also known as Kastrup, is the busiest of the . It is on the island of . Beside , the airport also serves , , which is linked via the Øresund Bridge.

Zealand

Latitude of center
55.5° or 55° 30′ north
Longitude of center
11.75° or 11° 45′ east
Population
2,500,000
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2613979
Wiki­data ID
Q25535
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Zealand” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Zealand”
  • Arabic: “زيلاند”
  • Arabic: “زيلند”
  • Armenian: “Զելանդիա”
  • Asturian: “Selandia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zelandiya”
  • Bashkir: “Зеландия”
  • Basque: “Seelandia”
  • Basque: “Sjaelland”
  • Basque: “Sjælland”
  • Basque: “Zeelanda eskualdea”
  • Bavarian: “Seeland”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Зеландыя”
  • Belarusian: “Зеландыя”
  • Belarusian: “Зэляндыя”
  • Belarusian: “Ш’елян”
  • Bengali: “জিল্যান্ড”
  • Bosnian: “Sjælland”
  • Bosnian: “Zeland”
  • Breton: “Sjaelland”
  • Breton: “Sjælland”
  • Bulgarian: “Шеланд”
  • Catalan: “Seeland”
  • Catalan: “Selanda”
  • Catalan: “Selàndia”
  • Catalan: “Sjaelland”
  • Catalan: “Sjælland”
  • Catalan: “Zaeland”
  • Catalan: “Zealand”
  • Cebuano: “Sjælland (pulo sa Dinamarka)”
  • Cebuano: “Sjælland”
  • Chinese: “舍蘭島”
  • Chinese: “西兰岛”
  • Chinese: “西蘭島”
  • Croatian: “Sjælland”
  • Croatian: “Zeland”
  • Czech: “Sjaelland”
  • Czech: “Sjælland”
  • Czech: “Zéland”
  • Danish: “Djævleøen”
  • Danish: “Sjælland”
  • Dutch: “Seeland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زيلين”
  • Esperanto: “Sjaelland”
  • Esperanto: “Sjælland”
  • Esperanto: “Zelando”
  • Estonian: “Sjaelland”
  • Estonian: “Sjælland”
  • Estonian: “Själland”
  • Faroese: “Sæland”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Zealand”
  • Finnish: “Sjælland”
  • Finnish: “Själland”
  • Finnish: “Själlanti”
  • Finnish: “Sjellanti”
  • French: “Seeland”
  • French: “Sjaelland”
  • French: “Zealand”
  • French: “Zélande”
  • Galician: “Selandia”
  • Georgian: “ზელანდია”
  • German: “Seeland”
  • German: “Sjaelland”
  • German: “Sjælland”
  • Greek: “Ζηλανδία”
  • Greek: “Σγιαίλαν”
  • Greek: “Σγιέλαν”
  • Greek: “Σέλαιν”
  • Greek: “Σέλαν”
  • Greek: “Σχέλαν”
  • Gujarati: “ઝિલેન્ડ”
  • Hebrew: “זילנד”
  • Hebrew: “שילנד”
  • Hebrew: “שלן”
  • Hindi: “ज़ीलैंड”
  • Hungarian: “Sjaelland”
  • Hungarian: “Sjælland”
  • Icelandic: “Sjáland”
  • Ido: “Sjælland”
  • Indonesian: “Sjaelland”
  • Indonesian: “Zealand”
  • Interlingua: “Selandia”
  • Italian: “Selandia”
  • Italian: “Sjaeland”
  • Italian: “Sjaelland”
  • Italian: “Sjælland”
  • Italian: “Sjelland”
  • Italian: “Zelanda”
  • Japanese: “シェラン島”
  • Japanese: “シェルラン島”
  • Japanese: “ツェラン島”
  • Kalaallisut: “Sjælland”
  • Kannada: “ಜಿಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Kazakh: “Зеландия”
  • Kirghiz: “Зеландия”
  • Korean: “셸란 섬”
  • Korean: “셸란섬”
  • Korean: “질랜드 섬”
  • Lao: “ເກາະຊີແລນ”
  • Latin: “Selandia”
  • Latin: “Silandia”
  • Latvian: “Zēlande”
  • Lithuanian: “Zelandija”
  • Lombard: “Selandia”
  • Low German: “Seeland”
  • Macedonian: “Зеланд”
  • Malagasy: “Sjælland”
  • Malay: “Zealand”
  • Manx: “Yn Teelynn, y Danvarg”
  • Manx: “Yn Teelynn”
  • Maori: “Tireni”
  • Marathi: “स्यीलंड”
  • Northern Frisian: “Seelön”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sialun”
  • Northern Frisian: “Siielönj”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordsjælland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjælland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjællendar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjællender”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skjælland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sjælland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zealand”
  • Norwegian: “Sjælland”
  • Ossetian: “Зеланди (сакъадах)”
  • Ossetian: “Зеланди”
  • Persian: “جزیره شیلند”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ شیلند”
  • Persian: “زیلند”
  • Persian: “شیلند”
  • Polish: “Zelandia”
  • Portuguese: “Sjælland”
  • Portuguese: “Zelândia”
  • Romanian: “Sjælland”
  • Romanian: “Zealand”
  • Russian: “Зеландия”
  • Russian: “Остров Зеландия”
  • Russian: “Шелланн”
  • Samoan: “Sila”
  • Scots: “Zealand”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sjælland”
  • Serbian: “Sjælland”
  • Serbian: “Селанд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjælland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zeland”
  • Sicilian: “Ìsula di Zilanna”
  • Sicilian: “Silanna”
  • Sicilian: “Zilanna”
  • Sinhala: “සීලන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Sjælland”
  • Slovenian: “Zelandija”
  • Spanish: “Selanda”
  • Spanish: “Selandia”
  • Spanish: “Sjaelland”
  • Spanish: “Sjælland”
  • Spanish: “Zealand”
  • Swahili: “Zeland”
  • Swedish: “Nord-Själland”
  • Swedish: “Nordsjälland”
  • Swedish: “Seland”
  • Swedish: “Sjaelland”
  • Swedish: “Sjælland”
  • Swedish: “Själland”
  • Swedish: “Själländsk”
  • Tagalog: “Djævleøen”
  • Tagalog: “Sjælland”
  • Tamil: “ஸிலாண்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Зеландия”
  • Telugu: “జీలాండ్”
  • Thai: “Zealand”
  • Thai: “เกาะเชลลันด์”
  • Thai: “ซีแลนด์”
  • Turkish: “Sjaelland”
  • Turkish: “Sjælland”
  • Turkish: “Zealand”
  • Ukrainian: “Зеландія”
  • Urdu: “زیلینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Shellann”
  • Uzbek: “Zelandiya”
  • Vietnamese: “Sjaelland”
  • Vietnamese: “Sjælland”
  • Vietnamese: “Zealand”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sjælland”
  • Welsh: “Sjælland”
  • Wu Chinese: “西兰岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “斯崙島”

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