Árborg
Municipality in Southern Region, Iceland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Canadian town of Arborg, see Arborg, Manitoba.
Sveitarfélagið Árborg (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlaijɪð ˈaurˌpɔrk] ⓘ) is the biggest municipality in southern Iceland founded in 1998. The biggest town in the municipality is Selfoss. Eyrarbakki and Stokkseyri are two communities on the southern coast and Sandvíkurhreppur is a rural administrative region between those three other towns.
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Sveitarfélagið Árborg | |
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Coordinates: 63°56′10″N 21°00′00″W | |
Country | Iceland |
Region | Southern Region |
Constituency | South Constituency |
Government | |
• Manager | Ásta Stefánsdóttir |
Area | |
• Total | 158 km2 (61 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 9,485 |
• Density | 60.30/km2 (156.2/sq mi) |
Postal code(s) | 800, 801, 802, 820, 825 |
Municipal number | 8200 |
Website | arborg |
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The area was represented in the fifth episode of the first season of the parody TV series Documentary Now! as the host of an Al Capone Festival.