Gällivare Municipality

Gällivare Municipality is a municipality in in northern . Its seat is . It is the third largest municipality in Sweden. is the only airport in the region able to accommodate commercial fixed-wing aircraft; as such, it is a popular destination for hikers wishing to visit the and Padjelanta national parks.
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  • Type: municipality of Sweden with 17,200 residents
  • Description: municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden
  • Also known as: 2523”, “Gaellivare kommun”, “Gällivare”, and “Gällivare kommun
  • Neighbors: and

Gällivare Municipality

Latitude
67.3935° or 67° 23′ 37″ north
Longitude
19.7083° or 19° 42′ 30″ east
Population
17,200
Elevation
529 metres (1,736 feet)
Open location code
9FVX9PV5+98
Geo­Names ID
606084
Wiki­data ID
Q493815
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Gällivare Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: Gällivare Municipality
  • Arabic: بلدية ياليفاره
  • Asturian: conceyu de Gällivare (Suecia)
  • Asturian: Gällivare kommun
  • Asturian: Gällivare
  • Basque: Gällivare udalerria
  • Belarusian: Еліварэ
  • Bulgarian: Йеливаре
  • Catalan: Municipi de Gällivare
  • Cebuano: Gällivare Kommun
  • Chinese: Gällivare Chū-tī-chhī
  • Chinese: 耶利瓦勒市鎮
  • Chinese: 耶利瓦勒市镇
  • Czech: Gällivare
  • Danish: Gællivare kommun
  • Danish: Gällivare kommun
  • Danish: Gällivare kommune
  • Danish: Gällivare Kommune
  • Dutch: Gällivare
  • Egyptian Arabic: چيليڤارى (بلديه)
  • Egyptian Arabic: چيليڤارى
  • Esperanto: Gällivare kommun
  • Esperanto: Gällivare
  • Esperanto: komunumo Gällivare
  • Estonian: Gällivare vald
  • Faroese: Gällivare kommuna
  • Finnish: Gällivaara
  • Finnish: Gällivare kommun
  • Finnish: Gällivare landskommun
  • Finnish: Gällivare
  • Finnish: Gällivaren kunta
  • Finnish: Gällivares kommun
  • Finnish: Jällivaara
  • Finnish: Jällivaaran kunta
  • Finnish: Jällivaaran Kunta
  • French: Commune de Gallivare
  • French: Commune De Gällivare
  • French: Gällivare
  • Galician: Concello de Gällivare
  • Galician: Gällivare (municipio)
  • German: Gällivare
  • Hebrew: גאליוור
  • Hungarian: Gällivare község
  • Italian: Gällivare
  • Italian: Municipalità di Gällivare
  • Korean: 옐릴리바레시
  • Ladin: Gällivare
  • Limburgan: Gällivare
  • Lithuanian: Jevlivarė
  • Lombard: Gällivare
  • Low German: Kommun Gällivare
  • Lule Sami: Jielleváre Gielda
  • Lule Sami: Jielleváre
  • Lule Sami: Váhtjer
  • Lule Sami: Váhtjera Gielda
  • Min Nan Chinese: Gällivare Chū-tī-chhī
  • Moksha: Елливарэ
  • Northern Frisian: Gällivare (Komuun)
  • Northern Frisian: Gällivare
  • Northern Sami: Jiellevári gielda
  • Northern Sami: Jiellevári Gielda
  • Northern Sami: Jiellevári
  • Northern Sami: Váhčira gielda
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gällivare kommun
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gällivare
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Gällivare kommun
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Gällivare kommune
  • Norwegian: Gällivare kommune
  • Persian: بخش جلیواره
  • Persian: بخش یلیواره
  • Polish: Gmina Gallivare
  • Polish: Gmina Gällivare
  • Portuguese: Gallivare
  • Portuguese: Gällivare
  • Romanian: Comuna Gällivare
  • Russian: Елливаре
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gällivare
  • Spanish: Municipio de Gällivare
  • Swedish: Gällivare kommun
  • Swedish: Gällivare
  • Swedish: Gällivares kommun
  • Swiss German: Gällivare
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Jellivaara
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Jellivaaran Kunta
  • Turkish: Gällivare
  • Ukrainian: Єлліваре
  • Vietnamese: Gällivare

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