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Haugesund

settlement in Haugesund Municipality, Norway
City City Q10518562
Haugesund
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Facts

17 properties

Identity

Instance of
city, urban area in Norway[5]

Location

Country
Norway[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.416°, 5.270°[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Haugesund Municipality, Karmøy Municipality[2][3]

Population and size

Area
20.74 km², 20.74 km², 15.38 km², 5.36 km²
Elevation above sea level
20.5 m
Population
47k (8.7k–47k, n=10)[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 44,873 · 45,040 · 36,332 · 8,708 · 45,352 GeoNames 40,321 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
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Located in
Haugesund Municipality, Karmøy Municipality
Capital of
Haugesund Municipality
Coordinates
🗺️ 59.416°, 5.270°
Library of congress authority id
n79060219
National library of israel j9u id
987007562089705171
Nighttime view
commons.wikimedia.org, commons.wikimedia.org
Pronunciation audio
commons.wikimedia.org
Store id google play
Haugesund_-_tettsted
Viaf id
154757210
‎yale lux id
place/9836f26c-a35f-4536-a05d-9acbab2f8199
🏷️ Also known as
en Haugesund el Χάουγκεσουντ he הייגסון ru Хёугесунн uk Геуґесунн
🔖 Identifiers · 22
VIAF cluster ID
154757210
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79060219
ArchINFORM location ID
53188
BBC Things ID
0127d641-51dc-4784-a863-8a8588e3f04b
GNS Unique Feature ID
-262077
GeoNames ID
3153623
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7009576
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Haugesund_-_tettsted
J9U entity ID
987007562089705171
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Haugesund
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
geo/29E86BB9-A9F7-45E7-93CA-5B4EE824AD3D
OpenStreetMap node ID
21717610
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OpenWeatherMap city ID
3153623
RKD thesaurus ID
45062
SNARC ID
Presqu'île
SSB urban settlement number
4532
SSR place name number
851640
Topic's main category
Category:Haugesund
UN/LOCODE
NOHAU
Who's on First ID
101803807
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvMtTGV6PMyhvmXYpP4v3
Yale LUX ID
place/9836f26c-a35f-4536-a05d-9acbab2f8199
📚 Sources · 1
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Source
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
People born here 4
Gunhild A. Stordalen, Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Thore Baardsen Pedersen, Johannes Joner
← Headquarters location 3
FK Haugesund, SK Vard Haugesund, Edda Wind
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Haugesund Municipality, Karmøy Municipality
← Capital 2
Haugesund Municipality, Torvastad Municipality
Capital of 1
Haugesund Municipality
Country 1
Norway
Instance of 1
city
SNARC ID 1
Presqu'île
Topic's main category 1
Category:Haugesund
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Haugesund
← Conferred by 1
Den Spillende Faun
← Place served by transport hub 1
Haugesund Airport, Karmøy
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Summary

Haugesund is a city[1].

Body

Geography

Located in include Haugesund Municipality[2], a municipality of Norway[17], in Norway[18], founded in 1855[19] and Karmøy Municipality[3], a municipality of Norway[20], in Norway[21], founded in 1965[22].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 20.74 km²[23], 15.38 km²[24], and 5.36 km²[25]. Haugesund's elevation above sea level is recorded as 20.5 m[26].

Related Entities

city Norway

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [26] ↑ . Norwegian Mapping Authority. hoydedata.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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