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Akureyri

#1399 in World

Iceland

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Population
20K
Coordinates
65.6885, -18.1007
Category
cities

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Akureyri is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous municipality and the largest outside the Capital Region. The municipality includes the town's neighbourhood at the head of Eyjafjörður and two farther islands: Hrísey at the mouth of Eyjafjörður and Grímsey off the coast.

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