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Kópavogur, Capital Region, Icelandi
Regional Level Types
KópavogurMunicipality
Capital RegionRegion
IcelandCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Kópavogur31,719 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
401895
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:401895:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Islande
German:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Island
Italian:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Islanda
Russian:
Коупавогюр, Хёвюдборгарсвайдид, Исландия
Simplified Chinese:
科帕沃于尔, 大雷克雅未克区, 冰岛
Spanish:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæði, Islandia
Afrikaans:
Kópavogur, Ysland
Albanian:
Kópavogur, Rajoni i Kryeqytetit, Islanda
Arabic:
كوبافوغور, إقليم العاصمة, آيسلندا
Armenian:
Կոուպավոգյուր, Հյովյուդբորգարսվայդիդ, Իսլանդիա
Asturian:
Kópavogur, Islandia
Bashkir:
Копавогур, Исландия
Basque:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Islandia
Belarusian:
Коўпавагур, Хёвюдбаргарсвайдыд, Ісландыя
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Каўпавогюр, Ісьляндыя
Bulgarian:
Коупавогюр, Исландия
Catalan:
Kópavogur, Gran Reykjavik, Islàndia
Croatian:
Kópavogur, Island
Czech:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Island
Danish:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Island
Dutch:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, IJsland
Esperanto:
Kópavogur, Ĉefurba Regiono, Islando
Estonian:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæði, Island
Faroese:
Kópavogur, Ísland
Farsi/Persian:
کوپاووگور, منطقه پایتختی , ایسلند
Finnish:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Islanti
Georgian:
კუპავოგური, ჰიოვიუდბორგარსვაიდიდი, ისლანდია
Greek:
Κόπαβογκουρ, Περιφέρεια Πρωτεύουσας της Ισλανδίας, Ισλανδία
Greenlandic:
Kópavogur, Islandi
Hebrew:
קואופווגיר, איסלנד
Hungarian:
Kópavogur, Nagy-Reykjavík, Izland
Icelandic:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Ísland
Ido:
Kópavogur, Islando
Indonesian:
Kópavogur, Wilayah Reykjavík Raya, Islandia
Interlingue:
Kópavogur, Island
Japanese:
コーパヴォグル, 大レイキャヴィーク, アイスランド
Kashubian:
Kópavogur, Islandëjô
Korean:
코파보귀르, 회뷔드보르가르스바이디, 아이슬란드
Latin:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Islandia
Latvian:
Koubavogira, Galvaspilsētas reģions, Islande
Lithuanian:
Koupavoguras, Sostinės regionas, Islandija
Luxembourgish:
Kópavogur, Island
Macedonian:
Коупавогир, Престолнински регион, Исланд
Malay:
Kópavogur, Capital Region, Iceland
Manx:
Kópavogur, Yn Eeslynn
Mingrelian:
კუპავოგური, ჰიოვუდბორგარსვაიდიდი, ისლანდია
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Kópavogsbær, Höfuðborgarsvæði, Peng-tó
Northern Frisian:
Kópavogur, Islönj
Northern Sami:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Islánda
Norwegian:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Island
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Kópavogur, Island
Ossetian:
Коупавогюр, Исланди
Polish:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Islandia
Portuguese:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæði, Islândia
Romanian:
Kópavogur, Islanda
Scots:
Kópavogur, Greater Reykjavík, Iceland
Scottish Gaelic:
Kópavogur, Innis Tìle
Serbian:
Коупавогир, Рејкјавик, Исланд
Serbo-Croatian:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Island
Slovak:
Kópavogur, Island
Slovenian:
Kópavogur, Islandija
Swahili:
Kópavogur, Iceland
Swedish:
Kópavogur, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Island
Tatar:
Коупавогүр, Исландия
Traditional Chinese:
科帕沃于爾, 大雷克雅未克區, 冰島
Turkish:
Kópavogur, Başkent Bölgesi, İzlanda
Ukrainian:
Коупавоґур, Гефюдборґарсвайдід, Ісландія
Urdu:
کھپاووگور, دارالحکومت علاقہ, آئس لینڈ
Veps:
Koupavogür, Islandii
Vietnamese:
Kópavogur, Khu vực Thủ đô, Iceland
Volapük:
Kópavogur, Lisladeän
Waray:
Kópavogur, Islandya
Welsh:
Kópavogur, Reykjavík Fawr, Gwlad yr Iâ
Wu Chinese:
科帕沃于尔, 冰岛


Kópavogur (Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈkʰouːpaˌvɔːɣʏr̥]) is a town in Iceland that is the country's second-largest municipality by population.

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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.13 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Odobenus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Odobenidae : Odobenus0.126 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys : Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B3pavogur
Wikidata ID:Q163852
GeoNames ID:3415212


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