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Counties of Iceland

Iceland is divided into 8 landsvæði (regions):

landsvæðun (English) Capital Population Area in km² Pop./km²
Austurland East Egilsstaðir 11 798 22 721 0,52
Höfuðborgarsvæði Capital Region Reykjavík 178 000 1 062 167,61
Norðurland eystra Northeast Akureyri 26 618 21 968 1,21
Norðurland vestra Northwest Sauðárkrókur 9 310 12 737 0,73
Suðurland South Selfoss 21 326 24 526 0,87
Suðurnes (formerly Reykjanes) Southwest Keflavík 16 727 829 20,18
Vestfirðir Westfjords Ísafjörður 8 014 9 409 0,85
Vesturland West Borgarnes 14 457 9 554 1,51
Total Reykjavík 286 250 102 928 2,78


The landsvæði are further divided into 23 counties, sýslur:

Counties of Iceland
  • Árnessýsla
  • Austur-Barðastrandarsýsla
  • Austur-Húnavatnssýsla
  • Austur-Skaftafellssýsla
  • Borgarfjarðarsýsla
  • Dalasýsla
  • Eyjafjarðarsýsla
  • Gullbringusýsla ,
  • Kjósarsýsla
  • Mýrasýsla
  • Norður-Ísafjarðarsýsla
  • Norður-Múlasýsla
  • Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla
  • Rangárvallasýsla
  • Skagafjarðarsýsla
  • Snæfellsnes-og Hnappadalssýsla
  • Strandasýsla
  • Suður-Múlasýsla
  • Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla
  • Vestur-Barðastrandarsýsla
  • Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla
  • Vestur-Ísafjarðarsýsla
  • Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla

Besides the counties, there are 14 independent towns, or kaupstaðir:

Last updated: 05-14-2005 14:41:34