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Akureyri

Northern Europe

Akureyri is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous municipality and the largest outside the Capital Region. Its municipality includes the town's neighbourhood at the head of Eyjafjordur and two farther islands, Hrisey at the mouth of Eyjafjordur and Grimsey off the coast.

Facts
Population
20,284 1
Area (sq km)
136 2
Founding Year
1786 2
Elevation (m)
40 2
Latitude
65.68353 degrees north 2
Longitude
18.0878 degrees west 2
Climate Zone
Polar 3
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 4
Sources
1. Akureyri (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_total
    20,284
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Akureyri (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 65.68353, longitude -18.0878
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 40 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 136.0 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1786
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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 65.75, -18.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 65.75, -18.25
65.75 -18.25 ET
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4. GeoNames: Akureyri - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2633274
Quote, cities500 record 2633274
65.68353 -18.0878 P PPLA IS 40 6000 19219 -9999 Atlantic/Reykjavik
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Wikidata: Akureyri
Wikidata Q29042, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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