Northeast

Northeastern Region is one of the traditional eight regions of Iceland, located in the north of the island. The biggest town in the region is , with a population of 19,542 in 2024.
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  • Type: region of Iceland with 30,600 residents
  • Description: region in Iceland
  • Also known as: Nordurland Eystra”, “Norðurland eystra”, “Norðurland Eystra”, and “Northeastern Region
  • Neighbors: and

Northeast

Latitude
65.5° or 65° 30′ north
Longitude
-17° or 17° west
Population
30,600
Elevation
302 metres (991 feet)
Open location code
9CQ5G222+22
Geo­Names ID
3337404
Wiki­data ID
Q241551
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Northeast” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Rajoni Verilindor
  • Arabic: الإقليم الشمالي الشرقي
  • Armenian: Նորդուրլանդ Էյստրա
  • Asturian: Norðurland Eystra
  • Azerbaijani: Nordürland Eystra
  • Azerbaijani: Nordürland-Eystra
  • Basque: Norðurland eystra
  • Belarusian: Нордзюрлянд-Эйстра
  • Belarusian: Нордурланд-Эйстра
  • Belarusian: Паўночна-Ўсходні рэгіён
  • Bengali: নর্থ ইস্টার্ন অঞ্চল
  • Breton: Norðurland eystra
  • Catalan: Norðurland eystra
  • Cebuano: Norðurland Eystra
  • Chinese: Norðurland eystra
  • Chinese: 东北区
  • Chinese: 東北區
  • Czech: Norðurland eystra
  • Danish: Nordurland eystra
  • Danish: Norðurland eystra
  • Dutch: Nordhurland eystra
  • Dutch: Nordurland eystra
  • Dutch: Norðurland eystra
  • Esperanto: Nordolando Orienta
  • Esperanto: Norðurland eystra
  • Estonian: Norðurland eystra
  • Finnish: Norðurland eystra
  • French: Nord-est
  • French: Nordurland eystra
  • French: Norðurland eystra
  • Galician: Norðurland eystra
  • Georgian: ნორდურლანდ-ისტრა
  • Georgian: ნორდურლენდ ისტრა
  • German: Nordosten
  • German: Nordurland eystra
  • German: Norðurland eystra
  • Greek: Βορειοανατολική Ισλανδία
  • Gujarati: ઉત્તરપૂર્વીય પ્રદેશ
  • Hebrew: נורד’ורלנד איסטרה
  • Hebrew: צפון איסלנד
  • Hindi: पूर्वोत्तर क्षेत्र
  • Hungarian: Északkeleti régió (Izland)
  • Hungarian: Északkeleti régió
  • Icelandic: Norðurland eystra
  • Icelandic: Norðurland Eystra
  • Indonesian: Nordurland eystra
  • Indonesian: Norðurland eystra
  • Indonesian: Region Timur Laut
  • Irish: Norðurland eystra
  • Italian: Nordest
  • Italian: Nordurland eystra
  • Italian: Norðurland eystra
  • Italian: Terra del nordest
  • Japanese: アイスランド北東部地方
  • Japanese: 北アイスランド東部
  • Kannada: ಈಶಾನ್ಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
  • Korean: 노르뒤를란드 에이스트라
  • Latin: Norðurland eystra
  • Latvian: Ziemeļaustrumu reģions
  • Lithuanian: Rytų Nordurlandas
  • Low German: Norðurland eystra
  • Macedonian: Североисточен регион
  • Macedonian: Североисточен Регион
  • Malay: Northeastern Region
  • Marathi: पूर्वोत्तर प्रदेश
  • Min Nan Chinese: Norðurland eystra
  • Northern Frisian: Norðurland eystra
  • Northern Sami: Norðurland eystra
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Norðurland eystra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Norðurland eystra
  • Norwegian: Norðurland eystra
  • Persian: منطقه شمال شرقی ایسلند
  • Persian: نوردورلاند ایسترا
  • Polish: Norðurland eystra
  • Polish: Okręg Północno-Wschodni
  • Portuguese: Nordeste
  • Portuguese: Norðurland Eystra
  • Portuguese: Região Nordeste
  • Pushto: نوردورلند ایسترا
  • Russian: Нордурланд Эйстра
  • Russian: Нордюрланд-Эйстра
  • Scottish Gaelic: Norðurland eystra
  • Serbian: Nordirtland Ejstra
  • Serbian: Нордиртланд Ејстра
  • Serbo-Croatian: Norðurland eystra
  • Sinhala: උතුරු නැගෙනහිර කලාපය
  • Slovenian: Nordurland eystra
  • Slovenian: Norðurland eystra
  • Slovenian: Severovzhodna regija
  • Spanish: Nordurland Eystra
  • Spanish: Norðurland Eystra
  • Spanish: Nororiental
  • Spanish: Región Norðurland Eystra
  • Swedish: Nordöst
  • Swedish: Nordurland Eystra
  • Swedish: Norðurland eystra
  • Swedish: Norra Island
  • Tamil: வடக்கு கிழக்கு பகுதி
  • Telugu: ఈశాన్య ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: นอร์ทเทสเทิร์น
  • Turkish: Kuzeydoğu Bölgesi
  • Turkish: Kuzeydoğu İzlanda
  • Turkish: Nordurland Eystra
  • Turkish: Norðurland eystra
  • Turkish: Norðurland Eystra
  • Ukrainian: Нордурланд Ейстра
  • Ukrainian: Нордурланд-Ейстра
  • Urdu: شمال مشرقی ریجن
  • Urdu: شمال مشرقی علاقہ
  • Vietnamese: Khu vực Đông Bắc
  • Welsh: Norðurland eystra
  • Welsh: Rhanbarth y Gogledd-ddwyrain
  • Wu Chinese: 东北区 (冰岛)
  • Wu Chinese: 东北区(冰岛)

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