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.
- Type: region of Iceland with 241,000 residents
- Description: in Iceland, the capital Reykjavik and surrounding municipalities
- Also known as: “Distrito de Reyjiavik”, “Grande Reiquiavique”, “Grande Reykjavík”, “Greater Capital Region”, “Hoefudborgarsvaedi”, “Höfudborgarsvädid”, “Hofudborgarsvaedi”, “Hofudborgarsvædi”, “Hofudborgarsvæði”, “Hofuðborgarsvæði”, “Höfudborgarsvædi”, “Höfudborgarsvæði”, “Hofudborgarsvaedid”, “Hofuðborgarsvaeðið”, “Höfudborgarsvaedid”, “Höfudborgarsvædid”, “Hofudborgsvaedi”, “Hofuðborgsvæði”, “Hofudhborgarsvaedhi”, “Hofudhborgarsvaedhidh”, “Höfudhborgarsvaedhidh”, “Hoofdstedelijke Regio”, “Islandijos sostinės regionas”, “İzlanda Başkent Bölgesi”, “Reykjavíkin suuralue”, “Suur-Reykjavik”, “Suur-Reykjavík”, “Wilayah Reykjavik Raya”, “Μεγάλο Ρεϋκιαβίκ”, “Μεγάλο Ρέυκιαβικ”, “Μεγαλύτερο Ρεϋκιαβίκ”, “Μεγαλύτερο Ρέυκιαβικ”, “Хёвудборгаршвайдид”, “Хьофюдборгарсвайдід”, “دارالحکومت ریجن”, “アイスランド首都圏”, “グレーター・レイキャヴィーク”, “レイキャヴィーク首都圏”, and “雷克雅维克区”
- Neighbors: South Iceland and West Iceland
Places of Interest
Highlights: Álafoss and Úlfarsfell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mosfellsbaer.
Mosfellsbaer
Town
Capital Region
- Location: Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.1667° or 64° 10′ north
Longitude
-21.6667° or 21° 40′ west
Population
241,000
Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)
Open location code
99PW588M+M8
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Capital Region” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Rajoni i Kryeqytetit”
- Amharic: “ዋና ከተማ ክልል”
- Arabic: “إقليم العاصمة”
- Armenian: “Հյովյուդբորգարսվայդիդ”
- Azerbaijani: “Hövüdborqarsvaydid”
- Basque: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Belarusian: “Хёвюдбаргарсвайдыд”
- Bengali: “কােপিটাল অঞ্চল”
- Breton: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Catalan: “Gran Reykjavik”
- Catalan: “Gran Reykjavík”
- Cebuano: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Chinese: “首都区”
- Chinese: “首都區”
- Czech: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Czech: “Reykjavická aglomerace”
- Danish: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Dutch: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Esperanto: “Ĉefurba Regiono”
- Esperanto: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Estonian: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Estonian: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Finnish: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- French: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- French: “Région de la capitale”
- Galician: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Georgian: “ჰიოვიუდბორგარსვაიდიდი”
- German: “Hauptstadtregion”
- German: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Πρωτεύουσας της Ισλανδίας”
- Gujarati: “કેપિટલ પ્રદેશ”
- Hausa: “Yankin Gida”
- Hebrew: “מחוז הבירה”
- Hebrew: “רייקיאוויק”
- Hindi: “राजधानी क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Nagy-Reykjavík”
- Icelandic: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Icelandic: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Reykjavík Raya”
- Irish: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Italian: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Italian: “Regione della capitale”
- Japanese: “大レイキャヴィーク”
- Javanese: “Wilayah Ibu Kota”
- Kannada: “ರಾಜಧಾನಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Kazakh: “Астана аймағы”
- Kirghiz: “Борбордук Аймак”
- Korean: “회뷔드보르가르스바이디”
- Latin: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Latvian: “Galvaspilsētas reģions”
- 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”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Magaalaa Guddaa”
- Panjabi: “ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ ਇਲਾਕਾ”
- Persian: “منطقه پایتخت ایسلند”
- Persian: “منطقه پایتختی”
- Polish: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Portuguese: “Distrito da Capital”
- Portuguese: “Região da Capital”
- Pushto: “آیسلنډ مرکزي سیمه”
- Russian: “Хёвюдборгарсвайдид”
- Scots: “Greater Reykjavík Aurie”
- Scots: “Greater Reykjavík”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Serbian: “Rejkjavik”
- Serbian: “Рејкјавик”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Sinhala: “ප්රධාන කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “Regija glavnega mesta”
- Somali: “Gobolka Caasimad”
- Spanish: “Höfuðborgarsvæði”
- Spanish: “Región de Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Spanish: “Región de la capital”
- Swahili: “Kanda ya Mji Mkuu”
- Swedish: “Huvudstadsregion”
- Swedish: “Huvudstadsregionen”
- Swedish: “Reykjavíks storstadsområde”
- Tajik: “Минтақаи Пойтахт”
- Tamil: “கேப்பிடல் பகுதி”
- Tatar: “Башкала Төби”
- Telugu: “క్యాపిటల్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “คาปิทอล”
- Turkish: “Başkent Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Гевюдборгарсвайдід”
- Ukrainian: “Гефюдборґарсвайдід”
- Urdu: “دارالحکومت علاقہ”
- Uzbek: “Poytaxt hududi”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Thủ đô”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng thủ đô”
- Vlaams: “Höfuðborgarsvæðið”
- Welsh: “Reykjavík Fawr”
- Wu Chinese: “大雷克雅未克区”
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Highlights: Alafoss and Tungufoss.
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