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around it. Each municipality has its own elected council. Municipal governments in the region cooperate extensively in various fields: for example waste policy, shared public transport and a joint fire brigade. The region is home to 64% of Iceland's population.
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has defined contiguous urban areas which ignore municipal boundaries. An urban area may straddle multiple municipalities and a single municipality may contain more than one urban area.
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is the largest municipality by area (287.7 km (111.1 sq mi)) but is entirely rural and only has 244 inhabitants.
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Seven municipalities make up the Capital Region with Reykjavík being the most populated by far with 135,688 inhabitants.
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Sigurður Guðmundsson. „Hvernig eru hugtökin dreifbýli og landsbyggð skilgreind hér á landi?“
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is the smallest municipality with an area of 2.3 km (0.89 sq mi).
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that includes parts of six out of seven municipalities of the region (
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The region contains Iceland's largest urban area by far,
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Capital region
From upper left: Reykjavík from Perlan, rooftops from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík from Hallgrímskirkja, Fríkirkjan, panorama from Perlan
Perlan
Hallgrímskirkja

64°11′05″N 21°36′47″W / 64.1846°N 21.6131°W / 64.1846; -21.6131
Iceland
Reykjavík
Time zone
UTC+0:00
GMT

OpenStreetMap
Icelandic
lit.
[ˈhœːvʏðˌpɔrkarˌsvaiːðɪθ]

region
Iceland
Reykjavík
municipalities
Icelandic
conurbation
Kjósarhreppur
Kjósarhreppur
Seltjarnarnes
Reykjavík
Kópavogur
Hafnarfjörður
Garðabær

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