Stockholm
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| Coordinates: 59°21′N 18°04′E / 59.35°N 18.067°E | |||
| Kintra | Swaden | ||
| Province | Södermanland an Uppland | ||
| Coonty | Stockholm Coonty | ||
| Municipalities | |||
| First mention | 1252 | ||
| Chairter | 13t century | ||
| Aurie[1] | |||
| - Ceety | 188 km2 (72.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 381.6 km2 (147.3 sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 6,519 km2 (2,517 sq mi) | ||
| Indwallers (2010-03-31)[2] | |||
| - Ceety | 861,010 | ||
| - Densitie | 4,579.8/km2 (11,861.7/sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 1,372,565 | ||
| - Urban densitie |
3,596.9/km2 (9,315.8/sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 2,084,526 | ||
| - Metro densitie |
319.8/km2 (828.2/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Stockholmare | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Aurie code(s) | +46-8 | ||
| Wabsteid | http://www.stockholm.se/ | ||
Stockholm is the caipital o Swaden an constitutes the maist populatit urban aurie in Scandinavie.[3][4] Stockholm is the maist muckle ceety in Swaden, wi a population o 851,155 in the municipality (2010), 1.37 million in the urban aurie (2010), an aroond 2.1 million in the 6,519 km2 (2,517.00 sq mi) metropolitan aurie (2010). As o 2010, the Stockholm metropolitan aurie is hame tae approximately 22% o Swaden's population.
Founded no later than circa 1250, possibly as early as 1187, Stockholm has long been one of Swaden's cultural, media, poleetical, an economic centres. Its strategic location on 14 islands on the sooth-central east coast o Swaden at the mooth o Lake Mälaren, bi the Stockholm airchipelago, haes been historically important. Stockholm haes been nominatit bi GaWC as a global ceety, wi a rankin o Alpha-.[5] In The 2008 Global Cities Index, Stockholm rankt 24t in the warld, 10t in Europe, an first in Scandinavie.[6] Stockholm is kent for its beauty, its biggins an airchitectur, its abundant clean an open watter, an its mony pairks.[7] It is sometimes referred tae as Venice o the North.[8]
Stockholm is the steid o the naitional Swadish govrenment, the Riksdag (parliament), an the offeecial residence o the Swadish monarch as well as the prime meenister. Syne 1980, the monarch haes residit at Drottningholm Palace ootside o Stockholm an uises the Ryal Palace o Stockholm as his wirkplace an offeecial residence.
References[edit]
- ↑ Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (Swedish) (xls). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 9 Mey 2009. .
- ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2010 och befolkningsförändringar 2010. Statistics Sweden.
- ↑ Tätorter 2010. Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 16 Juin 2011. . Template:Se icon
- ↑ Byopgørelsen 1. januar 2010 (PDF). Retrieved on 3 Juin 2011. .
- ↑ The World According to GaWC 2008
- ↑ The 2008 Global Cities Index. Foreign Policy (November 2008). Retrieved on 9 Dizember 2008. .
- ↑ Stockholm facts
- ↑ Adventures in the 'Venice of the North', CNN.com June 5, 2009
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Stockholm is ane o 133 places wi the historical ceety status in Swaden. |
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- Ceeties in Swaden
- Stockholm
- Caipitals in Europe
- Coastal ceeties an touns in Swaden
- European Caipitals o Cultur
- Host ceeties o the Simmer Olympic Gemmes
- Metropolitan Stockholm
- Municipal seats o Stockholm Coonty
- Populatit places in Stockholm Coonty
- Port ceeties an touns o the Easter Seas
- Port ceeties in Swaden
- Stockholm urban aurie
