Located in the North Atlantic, Iceland is a Nordic island country with a population of 348,580 people and an area of 103,000 square kilometers. Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland. It contains about 60% of Iceland's population. Iceland is geologically and volcanically active. The form of government in Iceland is a unitary parliamentary republic. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson is the president of Iceland, and Katrín Jakobsdóttir is the prime minister. The currency used in Iceland is Icelandic króna ( ISK ). The following facts are worth noting about Iceland: 1. The first openly lesbian head of government in the world was Jóhanna Sigurŏardóttir - an Icelander - who was also Iceland's first female prime minister. 2. Iceland is the most environmentally-friendly country in the world in 2018. It boasts of an Environmental Performance index of 93.5. 85% of the energy used in Iceland comes from renewable energies. 3. In Iceland, family names are not used as surnames.
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