Stavanger

Stavanger (Norse pronunciation: [stɑˈʋɑŋjær]  ( listen)) is a ceety an municipality in the coonty o Rogaland, Norawa.

Stavanger
Tap: Breiavatnet, middle left tap: View o Vagen, middle richt up: Rica Hotel, middle left bottom: Gamle aurie, bottom: Monument tae the Battle o Hafrsfjord, middle richt bottom: Stavanger aerial photo bottom: Lille Stokkavann
Coat airms
Eik-name(s):  The Ile Capital
Stavanger
Coordinates: 58°57′48″N 5°43′8″E
Kintra	Norawa
Municipality	Stavanger
Coonty	Rogaland
Destrict	Jæren
Established	1125
Govrenment
• Mayor	Christine Sagen Helgø
Area
• City	71 km2 (27 sq mi)
• Urban	77.98 km2 (30.11 sq mi)
• Metro	2598 km2 (1,003 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• City	130,426
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
• Urban	237,369
• Urban density	3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi)
• Metro	319,822
• Metro density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
• Municipality/ Urban rank	4t/3rd
• Metro rank	3rd
Demonym(s)	Siddis
Ethnic groups
• Norse	88.7%
• Poles	6.7%
• Breetish	4.6%
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	stavanger.kommune.no

Stavanger municipality haes a population o 121,610^[1], but there are 189,828^[2] fowk livin in the Stavanger conurbation, makin Stavanger the de facto third lairgest ceety in Norawa. Stavanger is an aa the centre o the Stavanger metropolitan aurie which haes a population o 297,569, an the admeenistrative centre o Rogaland coonty. The ceety is commonly referred tae as the Petroleum Caipital o Norawa.^[3]

The ceety, despite its age, anerlie grew tae become amang the maist influential an important Norse ceeties in the seicont hauf o the 20t century, efter oil wis discovered in the North Sea. Today there are significant foreign influences as a result o several major internaitional oil companies' presence in the ceety. Several ither foreign influences can be foond, an among the mair prominent is the NATO Joint Warfare Centre.

Norawa's auldest cathedral, Stavanger domkirke, is situatit in the ceety centre, richt next tae lake Breiavatnet. The twa maist popular recreational auries in Stavanger are situatit aroond lakes, namely Mosvatnet an Stokkavatnet.

Twin touns – sister ceeties

Stavanger haes several sister ceeties; thay are:

Aiberdeen, Unitit Kinrick[4] Macaé, Brazil[5] Baku, Azerbaijan Antsirabe, Madagascar Esbjerg, Denmark Eskilstuna, Swaden

Estelí, Nicaragua Neskaupstaður, Iceland Galveston, Unitit States Harlow, Unitit Kinrick Toulouse, Fraunce Houston, Unitit States

Jyväskylä, Finland Nablus, Palestinian Authority Netanya, Israel[6] Massawa, Eritrea Melbourne, Australie

References

1. "Statistics Norway: Figures on Stavanger Municipality". Statistics Norway. Ssb.no. 09-01-01. Archived frae the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-09-21. Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. "Statistics Norway: Conurbations ranked after area and population". Statistics Norway (in Norwegian). Ssb.no. 09-01-01. Archived frae the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-21. Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
3. Stavanger - The Norwegian Petroleum Capital Archived 1997-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Twinning". Aberdeen City Council. Archived frae the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2008.
5. "Prefeito recebe comitiva da Noruega interessada em investir em Macaé". Retrieved 14 September 2012.
6. "Netanya - Twin Cities". Netanya Municipality. Archived frae the original on 1 Februar 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

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