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Encyclopedia > Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Hafnarfjörður File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Hafnarfjörður
Town Seal as impression A seal is an impression, usually in wax or embossed on the paper itself, or other item attached to a legal instrument used to authenticate it in place of, or in addition to, a signature. ...seal
City Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ...acronym: Hfj
Kópavogur
Location in Iceland (disambiguation). ...Iceland
Iceland is divided into 8 landsvæði (regions): The landsvæði are further divided into 23 counties, sýslur: Árnessýsla Austur_Barðastrandarsýsla Austur_Húnavatnssýsla Austur_Skaftafellssýsla Borgarfjarðarsýsla Dalasýsla Eyjafjarðarsýsla Gullbringusýsla, Kjósarsýsla Mýrasýsla Norður...County Town with county status.
Iceland is divided into 6 constituencies for the purpose of selecting representatives to the Alþingi (parliament). ...Constituency Southwest
This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ...Area 147 Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...km&sup2 ( 56.76mi²)
In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. ...Population


 _ Total ( 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 _ Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...2003)


 _ Density (symbol: ρ _ Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ...Density


21,190


144.15/km²
A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. ...Postal codes 220_221

Latitude
Longitude

64°4′ N 21°57′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=64-4-N-21-57-W-)

Municipal website (http://www.hafnarfjordur.is/)

Hafnarfjörður is the third most populous town in Iceland (disambiguation). ...Iceland, after See also: Reykjavík, Manitoba in Canada Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, its largest city and the northernmost capital city of a nation. ...Reykjavík and Kópavogur. The population was 21,190 on 1st December 2003.


Hafnarfjörður is a port town located on the south-west coast, about 10 km south of See also: Reykjavík, Manitoba in Canada Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, its largest city and the northernmost capital city of a nation. ...Reykjavík.


The town is the site of an annual viking festival where Viking (disambiguation). ...viking culture enthusiasts from around the world display reconstructions of viking garb, handcraft, swordfighting etc.


Tourists with a New Age mindset enjoy a guided tour of the habitats of elfs and other hidden people in the town area.


Locally the town is famed in Iceland for being the butt of the joke. Such as the joke about the women of the town carry ladders to the supermarket to check if the prices have gone higher.


Hafnarfjörður is the home town of a famous Icelandic pop singer, Björgvin Halldórsson.


See also

External link

  • Photos (http://iclenadiscool.com/hafnarfjordur/)


Selected Following is a list of municipalities in Iceland sorted by 2004 population. ...Municipalities of Iceland

See also: Reykjavík, Manitoba in Canada Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, its largest city and the northernmost capital city of a nation. ...Reykjavík | Kópavogur | Hafnarfjörður | City nickname: Höfuðborg Norðursins (The Capital of the North) Location in Iceland County Eyjafjarðarsýsla Constituency Northeast Area 125 km² ( 48. ...Akureyri | Reykjanesbær | Garðabær is a municipality in the Greater Reykjavík area of Iceland. ...Garðabær | Mosfellsbær | Árborg is the largest city in Southern Iceland. ...Árborg | City nickname: Skaginn Location in Iceland County Borgarfjarðarsýsla Constituency Northwest Area 8. ...Akranes | Seltjarnarnes | Cliffs on Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar (The Westman Islands) is a small archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. ...Vestmannaeyjar | Skagafjörður | Ísafjörður | Fjarðabyggð | Borgarbyggð | Location in Iceland County Suður_Þingeyjarsýsla Constituency Northeast Area 270 km² ( 104. ...Húsavík | Grindavík is a fishing town at the peninsula of Reykjanes at the south-western coast of Iceland. ...Grindavík | Hornafjörður | Fljótsdalshérað | Dalvíkurbyggð |



 

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