Greenland, the world's largest island, stretches some 2 700 km from north to south and about 1 050 km from east to west. It has a total area of 2175 km2, five-sixths of which is covered by an ice sheet. About 40 000 Greenlanders and 7 000 Danes inhabit a coastal ice-free area of about 150 000 km2, most of which is in south-west Greenland. Since 1953, Greenland has been an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark and is represented by two elected members of the Danish Parliament (Folketing), and it has its own local government. The country is administered from Denmark by the Ministry of Greenland (Ministeriet for Grønland) and, in Greenland, the Governor (Landshøvdingen) is the chief representative of the State.