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Kiruna, at 19 446 km², is sometimes held to be the world's largest " city " by area, although places like La Tuque, Quebec ( 28 421 km², official style Ville ), Wood Buffalo, Alberta ( 63 343 km², official style " regional municipality ") and the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia ( 95 575 km² ) are larger.
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Kiruna and at
The distances are long, e. g. 345 km between Luleå and Kiruna, needing at least 3½ hours by car.
Domestic flights to Gothenburg, Malmö, Luleå and Kiruna were operated by SAS DC-9s from Arlanda since they were considered too noisy to be used at downtown Bromma.
One example of handling this is the practice of the Infantry Regiment in Kiruna, which during this period flies the flag for one hour each day starting at noon.
Unlike most other Swedish film it takes place in a larger community at the northern peak of Sweden, being filmed in Kalix and Kiruna.
The region is to be distinguished from Malmfälten (" the Ore Fields "), the mining district of northernmost Sweden centered at the towns of Kiruna and Malmberget, that has been of greater importance during the 20th century.
* 30 years of sounding rocket launches at Esrange in Kiruna, Sweden
Kiruna is, however, connected to the Swedish railway network, which again is connected to the Norwegian network at the Swedish station of Charlottenberg, Storlien and Kornsjø.
In 2007, it was proposed that Spaceport Sweden be co-located with Esrange at Kiruna.
The test was conducted at the North European Aerospace Test range in Kiruna, north of Stockholm, Sweden.
The company mines iron ore at Kiruna and at Malmberget in northern Sweden.
The Petrel was also fired from ESRANGE at Kiruna in Sweden in 1971, and from the range on Andoya, an island off the Norwegian coast in 1973.
One launcher was installed at Kiruna, while two were installed on Andoya.
Not least was a desire to secure the flow of iron ore from mines at Kiruna in the north of Sweden to Germany's war industries.
The party leader was Lars Törnman who was at the time co-Mayor ( along with the Social Democrat leader ) in the local municipality of Kiruna and leader of the Kiruna Party.
BLAST launched at 1: 10 UTC June 12, 2005 from Esrange, near Kiruna, Sweden and landed at 6: 15 UTC June 16, 2005 on Victoria Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Kiruna and is
Mountain-climbing is, however, limited in Sweden by a lack of notably high mountains ; the highest mountain is Kebnekaise near Kiruna, which is high.
In the winter, the ICEHOTEL is built every year near the northern town of Kiruna.
Kiruna is also frequently used as a place from which to see the Aurora Borealis ( Northern lights ).
There is also a railway from Narvik to Kiruna in Sweden, and further into the Swedish rail network.
The largest city is Kiruna ( Giron ) with 18, 154 inhabitants.
* Kiruna Nachiman is an elegant, statuesque Aes Sedai, who is sister to King Paitar of Arafel.
The current ruler is King Paitar Nachiman ; his sister Kiruna is an Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah, allied with the Salidar sisters.
Sveriges Television is funded by a fee -- fixed by Parliament and collected by the Kiruna-based Receiving Licence Agency, Radiotjänst i Kiruna AB -- and is regulated, together with TV4, by the Swedish Broadcasting Commission.
Riksgränsen, The National Border in Swedish, is a ski-resort in Kiruna Municipality, Lappland, Sweden, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle.
Kirunapartiet () is a local political party in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden.
Esrange Space Center ( short form Esrange ) is a rocket range and research centre located outside the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden.
Iron ore is extracted in Kiruna and Malmberget, and brought by rail to the harbours of Luleå and Narvik.
For example, it is found in Vittangi, a village in Kiruna Municipality in northern Sweden, where nearly 40 cases have been reported.
It is most commonly used in the municipalities of Gällivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala and Övertorneå.
Mix Megapol is on air in 24 cities from Kiruna in the north to Malmö in the south.
Kiruna and held
In 2008, a heat was held in Kiruna, north of the Arctic Circle.
They advanced to a second chance heat, which was held in Kiruna on March 8 where they lost to Sibel.
In race number four in Karlskrona, March 1, Nordman became eligible to the second chance in Kiruna, which was held the week after.
Kiruna and be
The Sami language can be used in contacts with local authorities in Arjeplog, Gällivare, Jokkmokk, and Kiruna.
Similarly, Finnish and Meänkieli can be used in Gällivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala, and Övertorneå.
Finally and perhaps decisively, ESRANGE could be located near Kiruna Geophysical Observatory ( subsequently renamed to Swedish Institute of Space Physics ).
Finnish and Meänkieli can be used in the northernmost municipalities of Gällivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala and Övertorneå and its immediate neighbourhood.
From 1950 rural and urban areas had to be separated even within city limits, as e. g. the huge wilderness around Kiruna had been declared a " city " in 1948.
The stretch between Kiruna and Riksgränsen was the first major railway line in Sweden to be electrified in 1915.
Kiruna and world's
Existing each year between December and April, the Icehotel in the village of Jukkasjärvi, about 17 km from Kiruna, Sweden was the world's first ice hotel.
Kiruna and largest
The largest cities are Rovaniemi ( Inari Sámi: Ruávinjargâ, Northern Sámi: Roavenjárga and Roavvenjárga, Skolt Sámi: Ruäˊvnjargg ) and Kiruna ( North Sámi: Giron, Finnish: Kiiruna-pop.
37 railway km ), and belongs to Kiruna Municipality, Sweden's northernmost and largest municipality.
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