Kiruna

Summary

Kiruna is an urban area in Sweden^[1]. Kiruna ranks in the top 0.75% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (380 views/month, #11 of 1,464).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kiruna is located in Kiruna Municipality^[3].
• Kiruna is in the country of Sweden^[4].
• Kiruna's image is recorded as Kiruna montage.png^[5].
• Kiruna's image is recorded as 00 2797 Kiruna (Schweden) - Erzbergwerk.jpg^[6].
• Kiruna's image is recorded as 00 2803 Kiruna - Schweden.jpg^[7].
• Kiruna's instance of is recorded as urban area in Sweden^[8].
• Kiruna's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[9].
• Kiruna's founder is recorded as Hjalmar Lundbohm^[10].
• Kiruna's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rustavi^[11].
• Kiruna's twinned administrative body is recorded as Narvik^[12].
• Kiruna's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140703972^[13].
• Kiruna's GND ID is recorded as 4098455-2^[14].
• Kiruna's locator map image is recorded as Kiruna in Sweden.png^[15].
• Kiruna's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79015645^[16].
• Kiruna's part of is recorded as Kiruna Municipality^[17].
• Kiruna's Commons category is recorded as Kiruna^[18].
• Kiruna's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[19].
• Kiruna's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[20].
• Kiruna's local dialing code is recorded as 0980^[21].
• +1900-04-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kiruna^[22].
• Kiruna's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 67.8488888888889, 'lon': 20.302777777777777}^[23].
• Kiruna's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0zv2v^[24].
• Kiruna's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1134451^[25].
• Kiruna's Swedish urban area code is recorded as T8676^[26].
• Kiruna's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kiruna^[27].

Body

Geography

Kiruna is in the country of Sweden^[4]. Kiruna is located in Kiruna Municipality^[3]. Kiruna's part of is recorded as Kiruna Municipality^[17].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1653'}^[28], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+903'}^[29], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+898'}^[30], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1006'}^[31], and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1139'}^[32]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+550'}^[33] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+579'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+18148'}^[35], {'amount': '+17037'}^[36], {'amount': '+17002'}^[37], {'amount': '+16936'}^[38], {'amount': '+16835'}^[39], and {'amount': '+16661'}^[40].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include urban area in Sweden^[8] and human settlement^[9].

History and Context

+1900-04-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kiruna^[22].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kiruna include Kiruna Airport^[41], an airport^[42], in Sweden^[43], founded in 1960^[44] and Kiruna Station^[45], a ground station^[46], in Sweden^[47].

Why It Matters

Kiruna ranks in the top 0.75% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (380 views/month, #11 of 1,464).^[2] Kiruna has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] Kiruna is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]

Entities named for Kiruna include Kiruna Airport^[41], an airport^[42], in Sweden^[43], founded in 1960^[44] and Kiruna Station^[45], a ground station^[46], in Sweden^[47].