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All localities in Iceland can only be located within a single municipality, i.e. they cannot straddle multiple municipality borders. [2] Some municipalities, such as Hafnarfjörður and Akranes, also share the same name with a locality. However, these localities are not always situated in their namesake municipalities.
The municipalities of Iceland (Icelandic: sveitarfélög [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlœːɣ]; sing. sveitarfélag [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlaːɣ]) are local administrative areas in Iceland that provide a number of services to their inhabitants such as kindergartens, elementary schools, waste management, social services, public housing, public transportation, services to senior citizens and disabled ...
The longest hyphenated name in England is the 29-letter-long name Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, the name of a tiny village in North Yorkshire. Scotland: Ceann a Tuath Loch Baghasdail (29 characters) Eastertown of Auchleuchries (27 characters) Wales: Ynys Llanfihangel-y-traethau (28 characters) Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern (27 characters)
Akureyri (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈaːkʏrˌeiːrɪ], locally [ˈaːkʰʏrˌeiːrɪ] ⓘ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær [-ˌeiːrarˌpaiːr̥], 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region.
Many names have been used to refer to Iceland in the Icelandic language. These names include colloquial, formal, and poetic forms: Eylenda [ˈeiːˌlɛnta], fem. – island, that is to say Iceland [citation needed] Stephan G. Stephansson Fjarst í eilífðar útsæ vakir eylendan þín. Far in the eternal yonder sea your island wakes. [citation ...
A very long railway station sign for a very long name only pronounceable by Welsh people. A Bay State fire department's patch, with the longest place name in the United States. This page is meant for Wikipedians to list articles about places with unusual names.
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Hafnarfjörður, [a] officially Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður, [b] is a port town and municipality in Iceland, located about 10 km (6 mi) south of Reykjavík.The municipality consists of two non-contiguous areas in the Capital Region, on the southwest coast of the country.