Regions of Iceland

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There are eight regions of Iceland, mainly used for statistical purposes. The district court jurisdictions also follow this division. The postal code system follows the regions as well with a few exceptions. Before 2003 the regions were also used as constituencies for elections to Alþingi. These usages (except for the statistical ones) are however based upon an older version of the regions where Reykjavík proper was a special region and the surrounding municipalities in the current Capital region were a part of the Reykjanes region, currently known as Suðurnes.

These regions are not defined by law and have no official standing or administrative function.

[edit] Overview of the Regions

The regions of Iceland.
The regions of Iceland.
Nr. landsvæði (English) Population
2008-04-01
Area
(km²)
Pop./
km²
ISO 3166
1 Höfuðborgarsvæði Capital Region 198 782 1 062 167.61 IS-1
2 Suðurnes (formerly Reykjanes) Southern Peninsula 21 000 829 20.18 IS-2
3 Vesturland West 15 558 9 554 1.51 IS-3
4 Vestfirðir Westfjords 7 279 9 409 0.85 IS-4
5 Norðurland vestra Northwest 7353 12 737 0.73 IS-5
6 Norðurland eystra Northeast 28 854 21 968 1.21 IS-6
7 Austurland East 13 719 22 721 0.52 IS-7
8 Suðurland South 23 713 24 526 0.87 IS-8
  Ísland Iceland 316 252 102 928 3.1

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