Alta

Alta is the largest town in the county of , in . Alta is the regional hub and has some 21,000 inhabitants. The town is found at the inner or eastern end of Altafjorden.
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  • Town with about 22,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (70 feet)
  • Description: municipality in Finnmark, Norway
  • Also known as
    “5403”
    “Alattio”
    “Alta Municipality”
    “Alta, Norway”
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Rock Art of Alta and Alta Church.
are located in and around… is situated 4 km southwest of Alta.
is a parish church of the Church of Norway…
Aerodrome
is an international in the city… is situated 3½ km east of Alta.
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Latitude
69.9666° or 69° 57′ 60″ north
Longitude
23.2733° or 23° 16′ 24″ east
Open location code
9GX5X78F+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Alta” goes by many names.
AltaAlbanian
ألتاArabic
ԱլթաArmenian
Ալտա ՖլորեստաArmenian
AltaAsturian
Alta kommuneAsturian
conceyu d’Alta (Noruega)Asturian
AltaBanjar
Alta, NorwegiaBanjar
АлтаBashkir
AltaBasque
АлтаBulgarian
AltaCatalan
AltaCebuano
Alta (kapital sa munisipyo)Cebuano
阿塔Chinese
阿尔塔Chinese
阿爾塔Chinese
AltaCroatian
AltaCzech
AltaDanish
Alta KommuneDanish
AltaDutch
AltaEsperanto
Alta kommuunEstonian
Alta valdEstonian
AlattioFinnish
AltaFinnish
אלטהHebrew
AltaHungarian
AltaIcelandic
AltaIndonesian
Alta, NorwegiaIndonesian
AltaIrish
AltaItalian
アルタJapanese
AltaJavanese
Alta, NorwayJavanese
А̄льтаKildin Sami
알타Korean
AltaLatin
AltaLimburgan
AltaLithuanian
Kommun AltaLow German
АлтаMacedonian
AltaMalay
Alta, NorwayMalay
AltaMin Nan Chinese
ÁlaheadjuNorthern Sami
Álaheadju suohkanNorthern Sami
AlattioNorthern Sami
ÁltáNorthern Sami
Alta kommuneNorthern Sami
AltaNorwegian
AltaNorwegian Bokmål
Alta kommuneNorwegian Bokmål
AltaNorwegian Nynorsk
Alta kommuneNorwegian Nynorsk
AltaOccitan (post 1500)
التاPersian
التا، نوروایPersian
AltaPolish
AltaRomanian
Comuna AltaRomanian
АлтаRussian
АльтаRussian
AltaScots
AltaSerbian
АлтаSerbian
AltaSerbo-Croatian
AltaSlovak
AltaSlovenian
Alta, NorveškaSlovenian
AltaSwahili
AltaSwedish
Alta kommunSwedish
AltenSwedish
AltaSwiss German
AltaTurkish
АлтаUkrainian
التا بلدیہUrdu
الٹا بلدیہUrdu
AltaVietnamese
Alta, FinnmarkVietnamese
AltaWaray (Philippines)
Alta, NorwayWaray (Philippines)

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Finnmark: Highlights

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