Sjonbotn

"Mæla" redirects here. For the 13th century Hawaiian Chiefess, see Maelo.

Sjonbotn^[2] is a village in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along Norwegian County Road 17 at the eastern end of the Sjona fjord, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the villages of Utskarpen and Myklebustad.

Sjonbotn Mæla
Village
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Coordinates: 66.3063°N 13.5663°E / 66.3063; 13.5663
Country	Norway
Region	Northern Norway
County	Nordland
District	Helgeland
Municipality	Rana Municipality
Elevation [1]	5 m (16 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	8725 Utskarpen

The small, rural village area sits at the end of the fjord. There is a large marshy river delta at the shoreline that is known as Mæla,^[3] a name that is also used for the village area as well.

The district surrounding the inner part of the Sjona fjord originally belonged to Nesna Municipality. On 1 January 1964, this district (population: 543) was merged with the town of Mo i Rana, Nord-Rana Municipality, and the northern part of Sør-Rana Municipality to create the new Rana Municipality.^[4]