Kiruna
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Kiruna is a city located in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden . It was established on April 27, 1900 . As of 2023, the population is 17,000 people [1]. The city covers an area of 1.7k square kilometers [2] and sits at an elevation of 550 meters above sea level .
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].