Also known as
  • Göteborg,
  • gbg
Gothenburg (Swedish: ) ) is a city, a municipality, and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden. It is the capital of Västra Götaland County. As of 2006, the population was 489,787 in the municipality and 510,491 in the urban area, making it the second largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and the fifth largest amongst the Nordic countries. The metropolitan area, a statistical area encompassing thirteen municipalities of which one is located in Halland County, has approximately 900,000... full article at wikipedia
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  • 1621
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  • 510,000
  • 2006
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by esamsoe 1 day ago
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