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 (1,240 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 instance of is recorded as urban area in Sweden^[5].
• Kiruna's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[6].
• Kiruna's founder is recorded as Hjalmar Lundbohm^[7].
• Kiruna's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rustavi^[8].
• Kiruna's twinned administrative body is recorded as Narvik^[9].
• Kiruna is part of Kiruna Municipality^[10].
• Kiruna's Commons category is recorded as Kiruna^[11].
• Kiruna's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[12].
• Kiruna's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[13].
• Kiruna's local dialing code is recorded as 0980^[14].
• April 27, 1900 marks the founding of Kiruna^[15].
• Kiruna's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 67.8488888888889, 'lon': 20.302777777777777}^[16].
• Kiruna's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kiruna^[17].
• Kiruna's Commons gallery is recorded as Kiruna^[18].
• Kiruna has a population of {'amount': '+18148'}^[19].
• Kiruna has a population of {'amount': '+17037'}^[20].
• Kiruna has a population of {'amount': '+17002'}^[21].
• Kiruna has a population of {'amount': '+16936'}^[22].
• Kiruna has a population of {'amount': '+16835'}^[23].
• Kiruna has a population of {'amount': '+16661'}^[24].
• Kiruna has a population of {'amount': '+18154'}^[25].
• Kiruna has a population of {'amount': '+17513'}^[26].
• Kiruna has a population of {'amount': '+19148'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Kiruna is in the country of Sweden^[4]. Kiruna is located in Kiruna Municipality^[3]. Kiruna is part of Kiruna Municipality^[10].

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'}^[19], {'amount': '+17037'}^[20], {'amount': '+17002'}^[21], {'amount': '+16936'}^[22], {'amount': '+16835'}^[23], and {'amount': '+16661'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include urban area in Sweden^[5] and human settlement^[6].

History and Context

April 27, 1900 marks the founding of Kiruna^[15].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kiruna include Kiruna Airport^[35], an airport^[36], in Sweden^[37], founded in 1960^[38] and Kiruna Station^[39], a ground station^[40], in Sweden^[41].

Why It Matters

Kiruna ranks in the top 0.75% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,240 views/month, #11 of 1,464).^[2] Kiruna has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Kiruna is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Kiruna include Kiruna Airport^[35], an airport^[36], in Sweden^[37], founded in 1960^[38] and Kiruna Station^[39], a ground station^[40], in Sweden^[41].