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Kiruna
Europe is one of the five inhabited traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and to the southeast by the waterways adjoining the Mediterranean to and including the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains. On the east, Europe is divided from Asia by the water divide of the Ural Mountains and by the Caspian Sea. Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area and third-largest continent after Asia and Africa in population.
Kiruna Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Kiruna, with 19,000 inhabitants. Kiruna is the northernmost municipality in Sweden, and with 19,446.8 square kilometers is Sweden's geographically largest being as large as the combined area of Sweden’s three southernmost provinces includes Skane, Blekinge and Halland. It had population of 23,254 in 2005 is 105th of 290 and Density is 1.2 per square kilometers. The Municipalities of Sweden represent the local level of self government in Sweden. The current 290 municipalities form sub-divisions to the 21 Counties of Sweden.
Kiruna, justifiably so, enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers, and is one of the most visited place. It is also said the place of best geographical environment and can trace its origin back to prehistoric times.
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