Kiruna
urban area in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden
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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 (5,136 views/month, #11 of 1,464).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kiruna Municipality[3]
- Country: Sweden[4]
- Instance of: human settlement[5]
- Founder: Hjalmar Lundbohm[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Rustavi[7], Narvik[8]
- Part of: Kiruna Municipality[9]
- Commons category: Kiruna[10]
- Local dialing code: 0980[11]
- Inception: April 27, 1900[12]
- Coordinate location: 67.8488888888889, 20.302777777777777[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kiruna[14]
- Commons gallery: Kiruna[15]
- Population: 18,148[16], 17,037[17], 17,002[18], 16,936[19], 16,835[20], 16,661[21], 18,154[22], 17,513[23], 19,148[24], 17,284[25]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[26]
- Capital of: Kiruna Municipality[27]
- Official name: Kiruna[28]
- Category for people born here: Q14419894[29]
- Category for people who died here: Q106600932[30]
- Native label: Kiruna[31], Giron[32], Kiiruna[33], Kieruna[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Kiruna[35]
- Different from: Giron[36]
- Elevation above sea level: 550[37], 579[38]
- Area: 1653[39], 903[40], 898[41], 1006[42], 1139[43]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Kiruna[44]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kiruna include Kiruna Airport[45], an airport[46], in Sweden[47], founded in 1960[48] and Kiruna Station[49], a ground station[50], in Sweden[51].
Why It Matters
Kiruna has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Kiruna is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Kiruna include Kiruna Airport[45], an airport[46], in Sweden[47], founded in 1960[48] and Kiruna Station[49], a ground station[50], in Sweden[51].