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Gothenburg
Västra Götalandcity
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Gothenburg
Total population
607,882
Coordinates57.71°, 11.97°
Demographic figures from Statistics Sweden (SCB). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gubernatorial seat of Västra Götaland County, with a population of approximately 600,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.
History & geography
Geography
Latitude
57.7072
Longitude
11.9670
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
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Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
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Official Identifiers
SCB — Statistics Sweden
- Kommunkod
- 1480
- Population (Wikidata)
- 613,685
- Wikidata
- Q52502
Kommunkod via Wikidata P525
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • SCB — Statistics Sweden — Kommunkod via Wikidata P525