Reykjavík

Reykjavík
Reykjavík; Reykjavíkurborg
	View o Reykjavik frae the top o Perlan showin the spire o Hallgrímskirkja (photograph Julie 2011)
	; Banner
	; Coat o airms
	; Reykjavík Location in Iceland
	Coordinates: 64°08′N 21°56′W / 64.133°N 21.933°W
Kintra	Iceland
Constituency	Reykjavík North; Reykjavík Sooth
	Govrenment
- Mayor (Borgarstjóri)	Jón Gnarr
	Aurie
- Ceety	274.5 km2 (106 sq mi)
- Metro	777 km2 (300 sq mi)
	Indwallers (2011)
- Ceety	119,108
- Densitie	436.5/km2 (1,130.5/sq mi)
- Metro	202,341
- Metro ; densitie	259.4/km2 (671.8/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)
Wabsteid	http://www.rvk.is/
	Postal Codes: 101-155

Reykjavík (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈreiːcaviːk] ( listen)) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Iceland. Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the warld's northrenmaist caipital o a sovereign state. It is locatit in soothwastren Iceland, on the soothren shore o Faxaflói Bay. Wi a population o aroond 120,000 (an ower 200,000 in the Greater Reykjavík Aurie) it is the hert o Iceland's economic an governmental activity.

Reykjavík is believed tae be the location o the first permanent settlement in Iceland, which Ingólfur Arnarson is said tae hae established aroond 870. Till the 18t century, there wis nae urban development in the ceety location. The ceety wis foondit in 1786 as an offeecial tradin toun an grew steadily ower the next decades, as it transformed intae a regional an later naitional centre o commerce, population an governmental activities.