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Skara
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.
Skara Municipality is a municipality in Vastra Gotaland County, in western Sweden where the town of Skara is seat. In 2005, it had a population of 18,507 inhabitants living within an area of 440 square kilometers giving a population density of 42 inhabitants per square kilometer. Vastra Gotaland County or Vastra Gotalands lan is a County or lan on the western coast of Sweden. Its core is the historical province of Vastergotland, but it also includes the historical provinces of Dalsland and Bohuslan. The name of the county implies that it forms the western part of Gotaland, one of Sweden's three old lands. The county is also frequently referred to as Vastsverige, or West Sweden.
The Kingdom of Sweden is a Nordic country in Scandinavia. It is bordered by Norway in the west, Finland in the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait in the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia in the east. It is connected to Denmark in the southwest by the Oresund Bridge. Sweden has a low population density except in its metropolitan areas, with most of the inland consisting of forests. The country has large natural resources of water, timber, and iron ore. Its citizens enjoy a high standard of living in a country that is generally perceived as modern and liberal.
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