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Gothenburg

Northern Europe

Sweden's second-largest city after the capital Stockholm and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, on the west coast by the Kattegat strait about 400 kilometers from Stockholm. It serves as the gubernatorial seat of Vastra Gotaland County, with a population of approximately 600,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million across its metropolitan area.

Facts
Population
612,231 1
Area (sq km)
447.76 1
Founding Year
1621 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
12 1
Latitude
57.7075 degrees north 1
Longitude
11.9675 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 2
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Sources
1. Gothenburg (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_total
    612,231
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2025; 2023 for urban area
  • Infobox: Area
    447.76 km2 (172.88 sq mi)
  • Lead section: founding
    King Gustavus Adolphus founded Gothenburg by royal charter in 1621
  • Infobox: Elevation
    12 m (39 ft)
  • Infobox: Coordinates
    57°42′27″N 11°58′03″E
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Gothenburg - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2711537
    57.70716 11.96679 P PPLA SE 28 1480 608462 10 Europe/Stockholm
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 10 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 57.75, 11.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 57.75, 11.75
57.75 11.75 Cfb
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Wikidata: Gothenburg
Wikidata Q25287, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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