Gotland

Gotland is 's largest island, in the middle of the Baltic Sea. Some 60,000 people live here all year. Together with some minor islands it forms the Gotland province, Gotland Municipality and Gotland County.
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is one of the most remarkable towns in the , with 24,000 inhabitants.

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is an island just north of Gotland.

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is an island in the Baltic Sea, 8 km across.

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Places to explore: Karlsöarna and Northern Gotland.

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Stora Karlsö and Lilla Karlsö are two islands and…

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The northern part of Gotland is made up of forests and farmlands.

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The southern part of Gotland includes towns such as Hemse, Ljugarn and Burgsvik.

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is sparsely populated and mainly made up by farmlands and forests.

Gotland

  • Type: Island with 61,000 residents
  • Description: island and historical province in Sweden
  • Also known as: “Condado da Gotlândia”, “Gocia”, “Gotanma”, “Gothia (provincia historica)”, “Gothland”, “Gotland (condado)”, “Gotland (isla)”, “Gotland (otok)”, “Gotland bölgesi”, “Gotland County”, “Gotland Kantonu”, “Gotland, İsveç (il)”, “Gotlanda”, “Gotlandieši”, “Gotlandija”, “Gotlands”, “Gotlands (condado)”, “Gottland”, “Gulland”, “Harudden”, “Île de Gotland”, “Illa de Gotland”, “Insula Gotland”, “Isla de gotland”, “isola di Gotland”, “Ojamaa saar”, “Ȝeatland”, “Ґотланд”, “Готлянд (востраў)”, “Готлянд (выспа)”, “Готский берег”, “جزيرة غوتلند”, “گوت لند”, “고틀란드”, “哥得蘭”, “哥特兰”, and “果特兰岛”
  • Category: provinces of Sweden
  • Location: , , , ,
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Latitude of center
57.5° or 57° 30′ north
Longitude of center
18.55° or 18° 33′ east
Population
61,000
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2711511
Wiki­data ID
Q1027830
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Gotland” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gotland”
  • Arabic: “غوتلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Gotland”
  • Armenian: “Գոթլանդ”
  • Asturian: “Isla de Gotland”
  • Asturian: “Islla de Gotland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qotland adası”
  • Bashkir: “Готланд”
  • Basque: “Gotland”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Готланд”
  • Belarusian: “Готланд”
  • Belarusian: “Готлянд”
  • Bengali: “গোতলান্দ”
  • Breton: “Gotland”
  • Bulgarian: “Готланд”
  • Catalan: “Gotland”
  • Cebuano: “Gotland (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Gotland”
  • Chechen: “Готланд”
  • Chinese: “哥得蘭島”
  • Croatian: “Gotland”
  • Czech: “Gotland”
  • Danish: “Gotland”
  • Dutch: “Gotland”
  • Dutch: “Gotlands län”
  • Esperanto: “Gotlando”
  • Estonian: “Ojamaa lään”
  • Estonian: “Ojamaa”
  • Faroese: “Gotland”
  • Finnish: “Gotlanti”
  • French: “Gotland”
  • Galician: “Condado de Gotland”
  • Galician: “Gotland”
  • Georgian: “გოტლანდი”
  • German: “Gotland”
  • Greek: “Γκότλαντ”
  • Hebrew: “גוטלנד”
  • Hungarian: “Gotland megye”
  • Hungarian: “Gotland tartomány”
  • Hungarian: “Gotland”
  • Icelandic: “Gotland”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Gotland”
  • Irish: “Gotland”
  • Italian: “Gotland”
  • Japanese: “ゴットランド島”
  • Japanese: “ゴトランド島”
  • Kalaallisut: “Gotland”
  • Kannada: “ಗಾಟ್ಲೆಂಡ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Готланд”
  • Korean: “고틀란드 섬”
  • Korean: “고틀란드섬”
  • Kurdish: “Gotland”
  • Latin: “Gothlandia”
  • Latvian: “Gotlande”
  • Limburgan: “Gotlandj”
  • Lithuanian: “Gotlandas”
  • Lombard: “Gotland”
  • Low German: “Gotlaand”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Gotland”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gotland”
  • Macedonian: “Готланд”
  • Malagasy: “Gotland”
  • Malay: “Gotland”
  • Marathi: “गॉटलंड”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gotland”
  • Mingrelian: “გოტლანდი”
  • Mongolian: “Готланд”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gotland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gotland”
  • Norwegian: “Gotland”
  • Norwegian: “Gotlands län”
  • Novial: “Gotland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gotland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gēatland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gotland”
  • Ossetian: “Готланд”
  • Persian: “گوتلاند”
  • Polish: “Gotlandia”
  • Portuguese: “Gotland”
  • Portuguese: “Gotlândia”
  • Pushto: “ګوتلاند”
  • Quechua: “Gotland”
  • Romanian: “Gotland”
  • Romanian: “Gotlands län”
  • Russian: “Готланд”
  • Russian: “Лен Готланд”
  • Russian: “Остров Готланд”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Gotlound”
  • Serbian: “Gotland”
  • Serbian: “Готланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gotland”
  • Slovak: “Gotland (ostrov)”
  • Slovak: “Gotland”
  • Slovenian: “Götaland”
  • Slovenian: “Gotland”
  • Spanish: “Gotlandia”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Gotland”
  • Swahili: “Gotland”
  • Swedish: “Gotland”
  • Swedish: “Gotlands län”
  • Tajik: “Готланд”
  • Thai: “ก็อตลันด์”
  • Turkish: “Gotland”
  • Ukrainian: “Готланд”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Gotland”
  • Urdu: “گوتلاند”
  • Uzbek: “Gotland”
  • Veps: “Gotland”
  • Vietnamese: “Gotland”
  • Vlaams: “Gotland”
  • Volapük: “Gotläniän (länatopäd)”
  • Volapük: “Gotläniän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gotland”
  • Welsh: “Gotland”
  • Western Frisian: “Gotlân”
  • Western Panjabi: “گوٹلینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “哥特兰岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “哥德蘭島”

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