Kautokeino Municipality
municipality in Finnmark, Norway
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Kautokeino Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of municipality of norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (476 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Finnmark[3]
- Country: Norway[4]
- Head of government: Hans Isak Olsen[5], Anders Samuelsen Buljo[6]
- Capital: Kautokeino[7]
- Official language: Bokmål[8], Northern Sami[9]
- Shares border with: Alta[10], Karasjok Municipality[11], Nordreisa Municipality[12], Kvænangen Municipality[13], Enontekiö[14], Inari[15]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[16]
- Named after: Kautokeino[17]
- Twinned administrative body: Naryan-Mar[18]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Kautokeino[19]
- Commons category: Kautokeino (municipality)[20]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[21]
- Inception: January 1, 1851[22]
- Separated from: Porsanger Municipality[23]
- Official website: https://www.guovdageainnu.suohkan.no/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kautokeino[25]
- Population: 2956[26], 2910[27], 2920[28], 2877[29], 2839[30], 2852[31], 2886[32]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Kautokeino[33]
- Category for people born here: Q24800431[34]
- Number of households: 1123[35], 930[36], 78[37], 62[38], 3[39], 50[40]
- Demonym: kautokeinoværing[41], guavdageaidnulaš[42]
- Native label: Guovdageainnu suohkan[43]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Kautokeino[44]
- Elevation above sea level: 319 m[45]
- Area: 9707.332289090533 km²[46], 0 km²[47], 3776.0339381128188 km²[48], 704.4572881490406 km²[49], 34.02630506983469 km²[50], 1586.4570734538156 km²[51], 3601.737868696246 km²[52], 3.661433006175679 km²[53], 0.5901645655041836 km²[54], 0.36821803709775197 km²[55], 9707.35 km²[56], 3776.05 km²[57]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Kautokeino Municipality include KEiiNO[58], a musical group[59], founded in 2018[60] and Kautokeino Airport[61], an airport[62], in Norway[63].
Why It Matters
Kautokeino Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for it include KEiiNO[58], a musical group[59], founded in 2018[60] and Kautokeino Airport[61], an airport[62], in Norway[63].