Capital Region

Also known as Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Greater Capital Region

in Iceland, the capital Reykjavik and surrounding municipalities

AI overview

The Capital Region in Iceland is the area consisting of Reykjavik, the nation's capital city, and the municipalities surrounding it. It matters because it is Iceland's largest population center and economic hub, where the majority of the country's people and businesses are concentrated.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Capital Region is referenced by 193 other articles, and connects out to Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean and Reykjavík.

The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark.

Vinony files it under Capital Region (Iceland), Geography of Reykjavík and Metropolitan areas of Europe.

Its subject is documented across 58 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: region of Iceland
Country: Iceland
Located in: Iceland
Capital: Reykjavík
Population: 233034
Area: 1062.2
Shares border with: Southern Peninsula Region
Image: Reykjavik Main Image.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Capital Region (Iceland)
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Encyclopedic overview

The Capital Region (Icelandic: Höfuðborgarsvæðið ) is a region in southwestern Iceland. It is one of the two classified Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS-2) statistical regions of Iceland. The region encompasses an area of 1,046 km (404 sq mi), and consists of the national capital Reykjavík and six municipalities around it. Though it is much smaller than the other regions of Iceland, the region hosts about two-thirds of the population of the country.

Classification

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Capital Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.