Counties of Iceland
Iceland was historically divided into 23 counties known as sýslur, and 23 independent towns known as kaupstaðir. Iceland is now split up between 24 sýslumenn that are the highest authority over the local police and carry out administrative functions such as declaring bankruptcy and marrying people outside of the church.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (290 feet)
- Description: former first-level administrative territorial subdivision of Iceland
- Also known as“Árnessýsla”“county of Iceland”“district of Iceland”“districts of Iceland”“historical counties of Iceland”“historical county of Iceland”
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Counties of Iceland
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Latitude
64.25° or 64° 15′ north
Longitude
-20.5° or 20° 30′ west
Open location code
99PX7G22+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Counties of Iceland” goes by many names.
مقاطعات آيسلنداArabic
Իսլանդիայի վարչական բաժանումArmenian
Condaos d’IslandiaAsturian
Islandiako konderriakBasque
сіслы ІсландыіBelarusian
Kontelezhioù IslandBreton
Сисли на ИсландияBulgarian
comtat històric d’IslàndiaCatalan
Comtats d’IslàndiaCatalan
冰岛县份Chinese
冰岛县份列表Chinese
Hrabství na IslanduCzech
seznam hrabství na IslanduCzech
Islands provinserDanish
provins i IslandDanish
Sýslur í ÍslandiFaroese
condado de IslandiaGalician
ისლანდიის ოლქებიGeorgian
Izland megyéiHungarian
Izland megyéjeHungarian
izlandi megyeHungarian
megye IzlandonHungarian
Sýslur ÍslandsIcelandic
County di IslandiaIndonesian
Contee dell’IslandaItalian
アイスランドの県Japanese
ヴェストゥル・スカフタフェルスシスラJapanese
スーズル・ムーラシスラJapanese
ノルズル・ムーラシスラJapanese
ミーラシスラJapanese
ラゥングアゥルヴァトラシスラJapanese
ランガールヴェッリルJapanese
東スカフタフェルスィスラJapanese
東フーナヴァスシスラJapanese
西スカフタフェルスィスラJapanese
아이슬란드의 주Korean
Islands fylkerNorwegian
Islands fylkerNorwegian Bokmål
округ (Исландия)Russian
округ ИсландииRussian
регион (Исландия)Russian
сисл (Исландия)Russian
сисла ИсландииRussian
Сислы ИсландииRussian
okrožje IslandijeSlovenian
Islands sýslurSwedish
ilçe (İzlanda)Turkish
округ ІсландіїUkrainian
сисла ІсландіїUkrainian
Сисли ІсландіїUkrainian
Siroedd Gwlad yr IâWelsh
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