Denmark Region, which encompasses the Copenhagen metropolitan area with the exception of the subtracted province East Zealand but includes the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm, has a population three times larger than that of North Denmark Region, which covers the more sparsely populated area of northern Jutland. Under the county system certain densely populated municipalities, such as Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg, had been given a status equivalent to that of counties, making them first-level administrative divisions. These "sui generis" municipalities were incorporated into the new regions under the 2007 reforms. The Kingdom of Denmark is a unitary state that comprises, in
Embassy of the United States, Copenhagen Embassy of the United States, Copenhagen The Embassy of the United States to the Kingdom of Denmark is the diplomatic mission of the United States in Denmark. The building is located on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé, in Indre Østerbro, Copenhagen, and it was opened in May 1954. The post of U.S. Ambassador to Denmark is currently filled by Carla Sands. The embassy also oversees American interests in Greenland. Formal relations began between the two countries began in 1801, and the first American legation in the Kingdom opened in 1827. Since then, the American diplomatic mission has remained opened and functioning in