Gothenburg
seicont-lairgest ceety in Swaden (efter Stockholm) an the fift-lairgest in the Nordic kintras / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gothenburg (Swadish: Göteborg; pronoonced [jœteˈbɔrj] ( listen)) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Swaden (efter Stockholm) an the fift-lairgest in the Nordic kintras. Situatit on the soothwast coast o Swaden, there are 512,754 fowk in the city itsel, wi 510,491 in the urban aurie roonaboot an tot o 926,654 fowk in the metropolitan aurie.[1]
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Gothenburg Göteborg | |
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Ceety | |
Göteborg | |
Clockwise frae tap: Svenska Mässan, Lilla Bommen, Domkyrkan, the Gothenburg Opera, Götaplatsen | |
Coordinates: 57°42′N 11°58′E | |
Kintra | Swaden |
Province | Västergötland an Bohuslän |
Coonty | Västra Götaland Coonty |
Municipality | Gothenburg Municipality, Härryda Municipality, Partille Municipality an Mölndal Municipality |
Chairter | 1621 |
Area | |
• Ceety | 450 km2 (170 sq mi) |
• Water | 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi) 3.2% |
• Urban | 203.67 km2 (78.64 sq mi) |
• Metro | 3717 km2 (1,435 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Ceety | 519,399 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
• Urban | 549,839 |
• Urban density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 933,560 |
• Metro density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www.goteborg.se |
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The Ceety o Gothenburg wis foondit in 1621 bi King Gustavus Adolphus. It lees bi the sea at the mooth o Göta Älv—the river runnin throu the ceety—an is the mucklest seaport in the Nordic kintras.[3]
Gothenburg is hame tae mony students, as the ceety includes baith the University o Gothenburg an Chalmers University o Technology. Volvo Cars wis foondit in Gothenburg in 1927.[4]