Northwest
Northwestern Region is one of the traditional eight regions of Iceland, located in the north of the island. The largest town in the region is Sauðárkrókur, with a population of 2,609 in 2024.
- Region of Iceland with about 7,320 residents
- …is also known as “Northwestern Region”
- Description: first-level administrative country subdivision (region) in Iceland
- Neighbors
- Location
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Latitude
65.3333° or 65° 20′ north
Longitude
-20° or 20° west
Open location code
9CQ282M2+82
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Northwest” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Rajoni Veriperëndimor”
- Amharic: “ሰሜን-ምዕራብ”
- Arabic: “الإقليم الشمالي الغربي”
- Armenian: “Նորդուրլանդ Վեստրա”
- Asturian: “Norðurland Vestra”
- Azerbaijani: “Nordurland Vestra”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimal-Qərb”
- Basque: “Norðurland vestra”
- Belarusian: “Нордурланд-Вестра”
- Bengali: “উত্তর-পশ্চিম”
- Bengali: “নর্থ ওয়েস্টার্ন অঞ্চল”
- Breton: “Norðurland vestra”
- Catalan: “Norðurland vestra”
- Cebuano: “Norðurland Vestra”
- Chinese: “西北区”
- Chinese: “西北區”
- Czech: “Norðurland vestra”
- Danish: “Norðurland vestra”
- Dutch: “Nordhurland vestra”
- Dutch: “Norðurland vestra”
- Esperanto: “Nordolando Okcidenta”
- Esperanto: “Norðurland vestra”
- Estonian: “Norðurland vestra”
- Finnish: “Norðurland vestra”
- French: “Nord-ouest”
- French: “Norðurland vestra”
- Galician: “Norðurland vestra”
- Georgian: “ნორდურლენდ ვესტრა”
- German: “Norðurland vestra”
- German: “Nordwesten”
- Greek: “Βορειοδυτική Ισλανδία”
- Gujarati: “ઉત્તરપશ્ચિમી પ્રદેશ”
- Hausa: “Arewa-Yamma”
- Hebrew: “נורד’ורלנד וסטרה”
- Hindi: “उत्तर पश्चिमी क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Északnyugati régió (Izland)”
- Hungarian: “Északnyugati régió”
- Icelandic: “Norðurland Vestra”
- Indonesian: “Norðurland vestra”
- Indonesian: “Region Barat Laut”
- Irish: “Norðurland vestra”
- Italian: “Nordovest”
- Italian: “Norðurland vestra”
- Italian: “Terra del nordovest”
- Japanese: “アイスランド北西部地方”
- Japanese: “北アイスランド西部”
- Japanese: “北西”
- Javanese: “Kulon Lor”
- Kannada: “ವಾಯುವ್ಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Kazakh: “Солтүстік-батыс”
- Kirghiz: “Түндүк-Батыш”
- Korean: “노르뒤를란드 베스트라”
- Latin: “Norðurland vestra”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļrietumu reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Vakarų Nordurlandas”
- Low German: “Norðurland vestra”
- Macedonian: “Северозападен регион”
- Malay: “Barat Laut”
- Malay: “Northwestern Region”
- Marathi: “वायव्य प्रदेश”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Norðurland vestra”
- Northern Frisian: “Norðurland vestra”
- Northern Sami: “Norðurland vestra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Norðurland vestra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norðurland vestra”
- Norwegian: “Norðurland vestra”
- Oromo: “Kaaba Lixa”
- Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰ-ਪੱਛਮ”
- Persian: “شمالغرب”
- Persian: “منطقه شمال غربی ایسلند”
- Persian: “نوردورلاند وسترا”
- Polish: “Norðurland vestra”
- Polish: “Okręg Północno-Zachodni”
- Portuguese: “Norðurland Vestra”
- Portuguese: “Noroeste”
- Portuguese: “Região Noroeste”
- Pushto: “شمال لوېديز”
- Pushto: “نوردورلند وسترا”
- Russian: “Нордюрланд-Вестра”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Norðurland vestra”
- Serbian: “Nordirtland Vestra”
- Serbian: “Нордиртланд Вестра”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Norðurland vestra”
- Sinhala: “උතුරු බටහිර කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “Nordurland vestra”
- Slovenian: “Severozahodna regija”
- Somali: “Woqooyi-Galbeed”
- Spanish: “Norðurland Vestra”
- Spanish: “Noroccidental”
- Spanish: “Región Norðurland Vestra”
- Swahili: “Kaskazini-Magharibi”
- Swedish: “Nordhurland Vestra”
- Swedish: “Norðurland vestra”
- Swedish: “Nordväst”
- Swedish: “Nordvästra Island”
- Swedish: “Västra nordlandet”
- Tajik: “Шумол-Ғарб”
- Tamil: “நோர்த்வெஸ்டேர்ன் பகுதி”
- Tatar: “Төньяк-Көнбатыш”
- Telugu: “వాయవ్య ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “แถบภาคตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือ”
- Turkish: “Kuzeybatı Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Kuzeybatı İzlanda”
- Turkish: “Norðurland vestra”
- Ukrainian: “Нордурланд-Вестра”
- Urdu: “شمال مغربی ریجن”
- Urdu: “شمال مغربی علاقہ”
- Uzbek: “Shimoli-g’arbiy”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Tây Bắc”
- Welsh: “Norðurland vestra”
- Welsh: “Rhanbarth y Gogledd-orllewin”
- Wu Chinese: “西北区（冰岛）”
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