Kiruna
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Kiruna (Swedish: [ˈkǐːrʉna];[2] Northern Sami: Giron [ˈkiron]; Finnish: Kiiruna [ˈkiːrunɑ]) is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016[3] and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016)[4] in Norrbotten County. The city was originally built in the 1890s to serve the Kiruna Mine.
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Kiruna - Giron | |
Coordinates: 67°50′56″N 20°18′10″E | |
Country | Sweden |
Province | Lapland |
County | Norrbotten County |
Municipality | Kiruna Municipality |
City plan adopted | 27 April 1900 |
Charter | 1 January 1948 |
Area | |
• Total | 16.53 km2 (6.38 sq mi) |
Population (30 September 2019)[1] | |
• Total | 22,906 |
• Density | 1,098/km2 (2,840/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | kiruna.se |
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The Esrange Space Center was established in Kiruna in the 1960s.[5] Also in Kiruna are the Institute of Space Physics[6] and Luleå University of Technology's Department of Space Science.[7]