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	Kiruna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kiruna is a city in northernmost Sweden with 19,000 inhabitants; and 23,000 in the Kiruna Municipality.
		Kiruna became a Swedish city in 1948, and was at one time listed as the largest city in the world by area, but after the Swedish municipality reform in the 1970s, the term "city" has been discontinued.
		Kiruna is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiruna (551 words)

	Kiruna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Around 9% of the population of Kiruna are Laps.
		Thus we in Kiruna are active both in the underground (the mine) and in the space (Esrange)!
		Kiruna, the northernmost town and municipality of the Kingdom of Sweden, is in itself very colourful and welcomes you on a visit.
	www.kiruna.se /~jsll/KRAenglish.html (355 words)

	Kiruna kommun
		Kiruna was built as a ”model society” in line with ideals that had evolved in Great Britain, and it became one of the biggest Scandinavian social projects of all time.
		At one time, the geography books had Kiruna as the world’s biggest town, but a reform in the 1970s abolished the term town in Sweden and Kiruna is now a municipality.
		The area is vast and since 85% of the municipality’s population live in Kiruna community, it is extremely sparsely populated.
	www.kommun.kiruna.se /web2/ny_web/eng_Ny/coldfacts.html (372 words)

	Kiruna - technical tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kiruna is ideally located for studies of the aurora.
		In 1900, Kiruna was Sweden’s first town to adopt climatic adaptation, an urban planning policy that has remained in practice up to the present.
		Kiruna Värmeverk, Kiruna’s district heating plant, is a good example of how district heating, purification and recovery of waste heat from industry can be done efficiently in a cold climate.
	www.wintercities.kiruna.se /nytt/technicaltours.htm (946 words)

	eu2001.se - CALENDAR - Meeting information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kiruna is the northernmost locality of all those selected as venues for ministerial meetings during the Swedish Presidency.
		Environment Minister Kjell Larsson chose Kiruna to show his opposite numbers a part of the EU where special conditions apply as regards both people and the environment.
		Kiruna is also famous for being a centre of research activities in the environmental field, especially when it comes to climate change and ozone depletion.
	www.eu2001.se /eu2001/calendar/meetinginfo.asp?iCalendarID=1700 (560 words)

	Kiruna kommun
		Kiruna is Sweden's most northerly municipality and its largest in area.
		Once upon a time, Kiruna was listed in every geography book as the world's largest town in area.
		But still, if you collected all the people in the world inside Kiruna's borders, each would have four square metres to stand in.
	www.kommun.kiruna.se /web2/ny_web/eng_Ny (172 words)

	Kiruna Space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kiruna Space is a project financed by EU strucural fonds and is aimed to market Kiruna as the Space- and environment center of Northern Europe.
		The trademark Kiruna Space can be used by the companies in their own marketing activities in order to give a full picture of the collected competence in the area.
		Kiruna Space has an important role in linking the local industry with the different educations in the region.
	www.kirunaspace.com /projekt-eng.htm (166 words)

	Mining Technology - LKAB Group Iron Ore Mine - Kiruna - Sweden
		The Kiruna orebody was formed at around 1,600Ma following intense volcanic activity with the precipitation of iron-rich solutions on to a syenite porphyry footwall.
		As of the end of 2004, LKAB estimated that the current proven reserve at the mine is 657Mt grading 48.3% iron, with probable reserves of 140Mt at 46.5% iron.
		After blasting, load-haul-dump machines carry the run-of-mine ore to the nearest ore pass, from which it is loaded automatically on to one of the trains operating on the 1,045m level.
	www.mining-technology.com /projects/kiruna (927 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Sweden to save 'sinking' town
		The town of Kiruna in remote northern Sweden is seeking a new home before the earth swallows it up.
		Its centre is in danger of sliding down a hole left by the iron ore mines which put this Arctic outpost on the map a century ago.
		Kiruna's railway station and its new highway will be relocated first, officials told BBC News Online.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3694204.stm (322 words)

	Kiruna on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kiruna became the most extensive city (c.5,500 sq mi/14,250 sq km) in the world in 1948, when several distant mining villages were incorporated into it.
		Reserve modelling and estimation at Kiruna: a good knowledge of the ore zones is required to maintain optimum grade requirements.
		The two biggest companies in Kiruna have 300 dogs between them, and there are around 25 smaller companies strewn around the northern half of Sweden.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kiruna.asp (698 words)

	Kiruna Lappland
		Kiruna City is located 550 metres above sea level.
		Kouksu and Lainio are probably the oldest villages in Kiruna municipality.
		Kiruna municipality is in the county of Norrbotten and the Province of Lappland.
	www.lappland.se /scripts/gb/fakta_fragor.asp (382 words)

	Kiruna- Luftfartsverket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kiruna Airport is situated in the very north of Sweden, far north of the Arctic circle.
		19 airports from Kiruna in the north to Sturup in the south.
		This hangar is large enough to fit a Boeing 747 and is mostly used during different types of campaignts (cold climate trial and enviromental research).
	www.lfv.se /templates/LFV_AirportStartPage____2187.aspx (236 words)

	Kiruna Narvik Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1888 was opened the section from Lulea, on the Baltic Sea, to Boden and Kiruna; but the Lulea Harbour is isolated by ice many months per year, so in 1898 began the construction of the line to Narvik, on the Atlantic Sea, that was completed in 1902.
		The line is completely at single track, and actually is equipped with modern control system for the safety (ATS) and start from Kiruna Central Station, where is also situated the LKAB (the public company that manage the mine) charge terminal, and the engines depot and workshops.
		There are guided tour for the Kiruna mine plant, and in Lulea there is the museum of the line where are stored old steam and electric engines.
	interrail.publinet.it /marzo96/k1.html (880 words)

	Kiruna
		Latitude: 67°53'38" N. Longitude: 21°06'25" E. The sounding rocket launch site at Kiruna was officially opened in September 1966 under the auspices of ESRO (European Space Research Organisation).
		When ESA was created in 1972 and replaced ESRO, Kiruna came under the management of the Swedish Space Corporation, a state-owned limited liability company under the Swedish Ministry of Industry.
		The 'Esrange' is located 45 km from the town of Kiruna and has seven permanent pads able to launch the largest sounding rockets, including the Black Brant 9, Skylark 12, and Castor 4B-boosted vehicles.
	www.astronautix.com /sites/kiruna.htm (5391 words)

	Kiruna 2005
		Narvik, a town of about 20 000 in northern Norway, a few hours west (and a little north) of Kiruna, was our first destination, where we had lunch at a burger and pizza shack.
		The vegetarian contingent went to Kiruna for dinner, due to the non-vegetarian contingent's overtly carnivorous dinner plans.
		I went to Kiruna for the first time on Tuesday, leaving Barth the only person to not yet leave the base.
	www.phas.ubc.ca /~gmarsden/kiruna_2005 (4290 words)

	Kiruna Folkdancers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Kiruna Folkdancegroup was founded in 1968; there have been some previous groups in action, however.
		The dances and the music of our group and region are of course influenced by our special history and location.
		Address: Kiruna Folkdanslag c/o Bjerkemo, Vintergatan 3 B, SE-981 37 KIRUNA/Giron, Sweden.
	www.kiruna.se /~jsll/FDLenglish.html (270 words)

	A Short Diversion in Kiruna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		More dramatic was the difference between the plateau on which Kiruna is and the fjords on the west coast of Norway.
		The road we decided on was the E10, which runs from the Gulf of Bothnia in Sweden, through Kiruna, and eventually to the Norwegian town of Å on the western tip of Lofoten Island in the Norwegian Sea.
		Turning away from the Gulf, we headed back north along the E10 to Kiruna, and had another brief stop at the Arctic Circle Centre which was, unfortunately, closed.
	gimli.physics.utoronto.ca /Kiruna_2005 (10313 words)

	Kiruna, Cars/Sweden, Konditori 100s Garage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kiruna - Cars made in Sweden, info from Konditori 100
		The largest trucks built (told in a book from 1981) have two engines and can carry 55 metric tons.
		The Kiruna trucks have an advanced exhaust cleaning, and can use the heat from the exhausts to warm the platform to prevent the load to freeze during cold winters.
	www.granfoss.net /arne/k100e/bilar/carmakes/k1cakiru.htm (67 words)

	The weather at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF-Kiruna) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Path: Swedish Institute of Space Physics: Kiruna: Weather data measured at IRF-Kiruna
		The weather at the Kiruna office of the
		Measurements from Kiruna Airport from U.S. National Weather Service
	tempo.irf.se /cgi-weather/weather_page (263 words)

	Kiruna 2000
		The 15th WCoSC were held in Kiruna, Sweden in 2000.
		Kiruna is 200 km north of the polar circle.
		The famous ice hotel - located in Jukkasjärvi close to Kiruna.
	www.machdas.de /Seiten/Kiruna2000.htm (286 words)

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	www.imakoocars.co.uk /directory-in.php/europe/sweden/kiruna?serv=2 (318 words)

	Kiruna
		Homepages, phone & e-mail for staff at IRF in Kiruna
		Restaurant Atmosfären at the Space Campus is open for lunch during the week in term time
		The Swedish Institute of Space Physics is located 6 km east of Kiruna beside the E10 highway.
	www.irf.se /irfk.html (62 words)

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	EISCAT Scientific Association: Kiruna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		EISCAT's site lies about 15 km west from Kiruna city.
		It consists of a small control building and the UHF receiver antenna.
		Kiruna Ultra High Frequency Receiver [facts] and surrounding buildings
	www.eiscat.com /kiruna.html (64 words)

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