Suðurland (Iceland)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
דרום איסלנד (איסלנד)
Name (Latin)
Suðurland (Iceland)
Other forms of name
Suðurlandskjördæmi (Iceland)
Coordinates
-20.99694444 -20.99694444 63.93305556 63.93305556 (gooearth )
W0190000 W0190000 N0640000 N0640000 (geonames )
Associated country
Iceland
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Sunnlenskar byggðir, 1981-1987:t.p. (Búnaðarsamband Suðurlands)
- Email from Salvör Jónsdóttir, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison(Sudurland, comprising much of the southern part of Iceland, is officially one of 8 constituencies [i.e., kjördæmi] or regions of Iceland; includes the counties Árnessýsla, Rangárvallasýsla, and Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, as well as theWestmann Islands, and is made up of 31 local communities; Suðurland is also one of 9 weather forecast regions used by the National Weather Service, but boundaries do not coincide)
- Ísland, hreppa-sýsla- og kjördæmaskipting [map], 1974(Suðurlandskjördæmi)
- The statesman's year-book, 1993-1994:p. 698 ([referred to only as region, South] total area, 25,214 sq. km, pop. as of 12/1991, 20,548)
Wikipedia description:
Southern Region (Icelandic: Suðurland Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsʏːðʏrˌlant] , lit. 'Southern Land') is a region of Iceland. The population of the region was 34,076 (1 January 2024). The largest town in the region is Selfoss, with a population of 9,812 as of 2024.
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