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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.

Skelleftea Municipality is a Swedish municipality in northern Sweden where Skelleftea, a city in Vasterbotten, is the seat with 31,500 inhabitants living within an area of 6,838.4 square kilometers giving a population density of 11 inhabitants per square kilometer.  The municipality borders in the south with Robertsfors, and clockwise to Umea, Vindeln, Norsjo, Arvidsjaur and Pitea. Norra Vasterbotten is the local newspaper of Skelleftea. Skelleftea AIK is the local icehockey team. Skelleftea is situated around Skellefte Alv, a river that runs through the city. There is also a very central mountain, Vitberget, which is popular for skiing in the wintertime, and trekking in the summers. The largest employer in Skelleftea is the mining company Boliden, with about 1,200 employees. Mining is done for gold, and Skelleftea is sometimes referred to as the Gold City.
 
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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