Iceland was historically divided into 23 counties known as sýslur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsistlʏr̥]), and 23 independent towns known as kaupstaðir...
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Iceland had been based on its counties and market towns. The reform of constituency borders in 1957 would group these counties and towns together into eight...
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demographics of Iceland include population density, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population...
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The recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from Western Europe, particularly in modern-day...
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politics of Iceland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the president is the head of state, while...
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Dalasýsla (redirect from Dalasýsla County, Iceland)
Dalasýsla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈtaːlaˌsistla]) was one of the pre-1988 traditional Counties of Iceland, located in the Western Region of the country...
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autonomy of municipalities over their own matters is guaranteed by the constitution of Iceland. Historically, Iceland was divided into 23 counties. Currently...
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Iceland is an island country at the confluence of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, east of Greenland and immediately south of the Arctic Circle, atop...
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Búðardalur (category Populated places in Western Region (Iceland))
information centre. In the traditional system of counties of Iceland that existed until the late 1980s, it was part of Dalasýsla, a name that is still used for...
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Eyjafjörður (category Counties of Iceland)
Eyjafjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈeiːjaˌfjœrðʏr̥] , Island Fjord) is one of the longest fjords in Iceland. It is located in the central north of the country...
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