Capital Region
The Capital Region is a region in southwestern Iceland. It is one of the two classified Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics statistical regions of Iceland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: region of Iceland with 241,000 residents
- Description: in Iceland, the capital Reykjavik and surrounding municipalities
- Also known as: “Greater Capital Region” and “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Neighbors: South Iceland and West Iceland
Places of Interest
Highlights include Álafoss and Úlfarsfell.
Álafoss
Waterfall
Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Álafoss is a waterfall on the river Varmá in Mosfellsbær, Iceland.
Úlfarsfell
Peak
Úlfarsfell is a mountain in the municipality of Mosfellsbær in the Reykjavík metropolitan area. It is 296 meters high. The mountain slopes have been subject to extensive forestry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mosfellsbaer.
Mosfellsbaer
Town
Photo: OddurBen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mosfellsbær is a town in south-west Iceland, 12 kilometres east of the country's capital, Reykjavík. The coat of arms of the municipality is a tightly-knotted triquetra, a symbol often used in Celtic knotwork and strongly associated with the Celtic nations.
Capital Region
- Location: Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Capital Region” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Rajoni i Kryeqytetit”
- Arabic: “إقليم العاصمة”
- Armenian: “Հյովյուդբորգարսվայդիդ”
- Azerbaijani: “Hövüdborqarsvaydid”
- Basque: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Basque: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Belarusian: “Хёвюдбаргарсвайдыд”
- Bengali: “কােপিটাল অঞ্চল”
- Breton: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Catalan: “Gran Reykjavik”
- Catalan: “Gran Reykjavík”
- Catalan: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Cebuano: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Chinese: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Chinese: “大雷克雅未克区”
- Chinese: “雷克雅维克区”
- Chinese: “首都区”
- Chinese: “首都區”
- Czech: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Czech: “Reykjavická aglomerace”
- Danish: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Dutch: “Hofudborgarsvaedi”
- Dutch: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Dutch: “Hofudborgarsvaedid”
- Dutch: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Dutch: “Hofudhborgarsvaedhidh”
- Dutch: “Höfudhborgarsvaedhidh”
- Dutch: “Hoofdstedelijke Regio”
- Esperanto: “Ĉefurba Regiono”
- Esperanto: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Estonian: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Finnish: “Höfudborgarsvädid”
- Finnish: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Finnish: “Reykjavíkin suuralue”
- Finnish: “Suur-Reykjavik”
- Finnish: “Suur-Reykjavík”
- French: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- French: “Hofudborgarsvaedid”
- French: “Hofuðborgarsvaeðið”
- French: “Höfudborgarsvaedid”
- French: “Höfudborgarsvædid”
- French: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- French: “Région de la capitale”
- Galician: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Georgian: “ჰიოვიუდბორგარსვაიდიდი”
- German: “Hauptstadtregion”
- German: “Höfudborgarsvaedid”
- German: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Greek: “Μεγάλο Ρεϋκιαβίκ”
- Greek: “Μεγάλο Ρέυκιαβικ”
- Greek: “Μεγαλύτερο Ρεϋκιαβίκ”
- Greek: “Μεγαλύτερο Ρέυκιαβικ”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Πρωτεύουσας της Ισλανδίας”
- Gujarati: “કેપિટલ પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “מחוז הבירה”
- Hebrew: “רייקיאוויק”
- Hindi: “राजधानी क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Nagy-Reykjavík”
- Icelandic: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Icelandic: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Indonesian: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Indonesian: “Hofudborgarsvaedid”
- Indonesian: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Reykjavik Raya”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Reykjavík Raya”
- Irish: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Italian: “Hofudborgarsvaedid”
- Italian: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Italian: “Regione della capitale”
- Japanese: “アイスランド首都圏”
- Japanese: “グレーター・レイキャヴィーク”
- Japanese: “レイキャヴィーク首都圏”
- Japanese: “大レイキャヴィーク”
- Kannada: “ರಾಜಧಾನಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Korean: “회뷔드보르가르스바이디”
- Latin: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Latvian: “Galvaspilsētas reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Islandijos sostinės regionas”
- Lithuanian: “Sostinės regionas”
- Low German: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Macedonian: “Престолнински регион”
- Macedonian: “Престолнински Регион”
- Malay: “Capital Region”
- Marathi: “राजधानी प्रदेश”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Mingrelian: “ჰიოვუდბორგარსვაიდიდი”
- Northern Frisian: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Northern Sami: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Norwegian: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Persian: “منطقه پایتخت ایسلند”
- Persian: “منطقه پایتختی”
- Polish: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Polish: “Hofudborgarsvaedid”
- Polish: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Portuguese: “Distrito da Capital”
- Portuguese: “Grande Reiquiavique”
- Portuguese: “Grande Reykjavík”
- Portuguese: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Portuguese: “Região da Capital”
- Pushto: “آیسلنډ مرکزي سیمه”
- Russian: “Хёвудборгаршвайдид”
- Russian: “Хёвюдборгарсвайдид”
- Scots: “Greater Reykjavík Aurie”
- Scots: “Greater Reykjavík”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Serbian: “Rejkjavik”
- Serbian: “Рејкјавик”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Sinhala: “ප්රධාන කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “Höfudborgarsvaedid”
- Slovenian: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Slovenian: “Regija glavnega mesta”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Reyjiavik”
- Spanish: “Hofudborgarsvaedi”
- Spanish: “Hofudborgarsvædi”
- Spanish: “Hofudborgarsvæði”
- Spanish: “Hofuðborgarsvæði”
- Spanish: “Höfudborgarsvædi”
- Spanish: “Höfudborgarsvæði”
- Spanish: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Spanish: “Región de Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Spanish: “Región de la capital”
- Swedish: “Hoefudborgarsvaedi”
- Swedish: “Hofudborgarsvaedi”
- Swedish: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Swedish: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Swedish: “Hofudborgsvaedi”
- Swedish: “Hofuðborgsvæði”
- Swedish: “Hofudhborgarsvaedhi”
- Swedish: “Huvudstadsregion”
- Swedish: “Huvudstadsregionen”
- Swedish: “Reykjavíks storstadsområde”
- Tamil: “கேப்பிடல் பகுதி”
- Telugu: “క్యాపిటల్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “คาปิทอล”
- Turkish: “Başkent Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Turkish: “İzlanda Başkent Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Гевюдборгарсвайдід”
- Ukrainian: “Гефюдборґарсвайдід”
- Ukrainian: “Хьофюдборгарсвайдід”
- Urdu: “دارالحکومت ریجن”
- Urdu: “دارالحکومت علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Thủ đô”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng thủ đô”
- Vlaams: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Welsh: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Welsh: “Reykjavík Fawr”
- Wu Chinese: “大雷克雅未克区”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Leirvogstunga and Gunnunes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alafoss and Tungufoss.
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