Norðurþing
Norðurþing is a municipality located in northern Iceland. Norðurþing was formed in 2006 when the municipalities of Húsavík, Öxarfjörður, Raufarhöfn, and Kelduneshreppur were merged after special elections in January 2006 and the region was officially declared a new municipality on 10 June 2006.- Type: municipality of Iceland with 3,110 residents
- Description: municipality in northern Iceland
- Also known as: “6100”, “Nordurthing”, “Norðurþing (lalawigan sa Islandya)”, and “Norðurþing (sýsla i Island)”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ásbyrgi.
Ásbyrgi
Locality
Ásbyrgi is a glacial canyon and forest in the north… Ásbyrgi is situated 4½ km southwest of Norðurþing.
Norðurþing
- Location: Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
66.0243° or 66° 1′ 28″ north
Longitude
-16.4354° or 16° 26′ 8″ west
Population
3,110
Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)
Open location code
9CR52HF7+PR
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Turkish—“Norðurþing” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Norðurþing”
- Asturian: “Norðurþing”
- Basque: “Norðurþing”
- Belarusian: “Нордзюртынг”
- Catalan: “Norðurþing”
- Cebuano: “Norðurþing”
- Chinese: “诺泽辛”
- Danish: “Norðurþing”
- Dutch: “Norðurþing”
- Esperanto: “Norðurþing”
- Finnish: “Norðurþing”
- French: “Norðurþing”
- Georgian: “ნორდურპინგი”
- German: “Norðurþing”
- Hungarian: “Norðurþing”
- Icelandic: “Norðurþing”
- Indonesian: “Norðurþing”
- Irish: “Norðurþing”
- Italian: “Norðurþing”
- Malay: “Norðurþing”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Norðurþing”
- Northern Sami: “Norðurþing”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Norðurþing”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norðurþing”
- Norwegian: “Norðurþing”
- Polish: “Norðurþing”
- Portuguese: “Norðurþing”
- Russian: “Нордуртинг”
- Russian: “Нордюртинг”
- Spanish: “Norðurþing”
- Swedish: “Norðurþing”
- Turkish: “Norðurþing”
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