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itself may also be confusingly translated as a "municipality", but it is incorrect because it belongs to a city which is the only effective municipality (
1882:). Iceland was thus divided into three amts until 1872, when the South and West amts were again merged. Amts were abolished in 1904, when Iceland gained
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1940:From 1662 to 1919, the
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3278:
3273:
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3251:
3246:
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3236:
3231:
3226:
3221:
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3206:
3201:
3200:
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3189:
3184:
3179:
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3127:
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3112:
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3014:
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3007:
3002:
2996:Economic zone
2993:
2991:
2987:
2986:
2984:
2983:
2982:
2981:
2973:
2967:
2965:
2961:
2960:
2958:
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2955:Urban township
2952:
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2945:Paper township
2942:
2940:Civil township
2937:
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2923:
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2920:
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2798:
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2789:
2784:
2779:
2774:
2769:
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2767:
2760:Capital region
2757:
2752:
2751:
2750:
2741:
2739:
2733:
2732:
2730:
2729:
2726:Roman province
2722:
2715:
2709:
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2541:
2540:
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2529:
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2517:
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2497:
2495:Rural district
2492:
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2477:
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2173:
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3464:
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3423:
3416:
3412:
3390:
3387:
3385:
3382:
3380:
3377:
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3370:
3369:Roman diocese
3367:
3365:
3362:
3360:
3357:
3355:
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3350:
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3345:
3342:
3340:
3337:
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3330:
3327:
3325:
3322:
3320:
3317:
3315:
3312:
3311:
3309:
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3292:
3289:
3288:
3287:
3284:
3282:
3279:
3277:
3274:
3272:
3269:
3267:
3264:
3260:
3257:
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3255:
3252:
3250:
3247:
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3237:
3235:
3232:
3230:
3227:
3225:
3222:
3220:
3217:
3215:
3212:
3210:
3209:Neighbourhood
3207:
3205:
3202:
3198:
3195:
3194:
3193:
3190:
3188:
3185:
3183:
3180:
3178:
3175:
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3170:
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3165:
3163:
3160:
3156:
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3152:
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3148:
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3143:
3141:
3138:
3136:
3133:
3131:
3128:
3126:
3123:
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3118:
3116:
3113:
3111:
3108:
3104:
3101:
3100:
3099:
3096:
3094:
3091:
3089:
3088:Alpine resort
3086:
3085:
3083:
3079:
3075:
3068:
3064:
3048:
3045:
3044:
3042:
3040:
3037:
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3032:
3030:
3027:
3023:
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3008:
3006:
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2998:
2997:
2995:
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2988:
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2977:
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2865:
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2858:
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2848:
2847:
2845:
2843:
2839:
2833:
2832:
2828:
2826:
2823:
2821:
2820:Federal state
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2813:
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2808:
2807:
2805:
2803:
2799:
2793:
2790:
2788:
2785:
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2778:
2775:
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2770:
2766:
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2711:
2710:
2708:
2706:
2702:
2696:
2695:
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2679:
2676:
2675:
2673:
2671:
2667:
2661:
2658:
2656:
2653:
2649:
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2570:
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2478:
2476:
2473:
2469:
2466:
2465:
2464:
2461:
2459:
2456:
2454:
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2446:
2444:
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2439:
2436:
2434:
2431:
2429:
2428:City district
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2421:
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2416:
2412:
2406:
2403:
2402:
2400:
2398:
2394:
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2376:
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2328:
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2320:
2316:
2310:
2307:
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2299:
2297:
2293:
2287:
2286:
2282:
2280:
2279:
2275:
2273:
2272:
2271:Imperial city
2268:
2266:
2263:
2261:
2258:
2256:
2253:
2251:
2248:
2247:
2245:
2243:
2239:
2233:
2232:
2228:
2226:
2223:
2222:
2220:
2218:
2214:
2210:
2206:
2204:
2200:
2194:
2191:
2189:
2186:
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2183:
2181:
2177:
2171:
2168:
2166:
2163:
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2148:
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2141:
2137:
2130:
2126:
2122:
2118:
2117:English terms
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2109:
2105:
2097:
2092:
2090:
2085:
2083:
2078:
2077:
2074:
2057:
2053:
2047:
2033:
2029:
2028:
2023:
2016:
2014:
2005:
2003:9783662119679
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1995:
1994:
1986:
1984:
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1977:
1967:
1966:
1962:
1961:
1955:
1953:
1952:
1947:
1943:
1933:
1931:
1927:
1923:
1919:
1915:
1911:
1907:
1898:
1896:
1895:Stykkishólmur
1892:
1887:
1885:
1881:
1879:
1873:
1871:
1865:
1863:
1857:
1855:
1849:
1845:
1843:
1837:
1835:
1823:
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1817:
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1807:
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1533:
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1523:
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1495:
1491:
1487:
1483:
1482:
1477:
1473:
1472:
1467:
1463:
1462:
1456:
1454:
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1446:
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1436:
1432:
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1192:
1189:
1188:
1183:
1176:
1175:
1167:
1164:
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1159:
1157:
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1154:
1152:
1149:
1147:
1144:
1142:
1139:
1137:
1134:
1132:
1129:
1127:
1124:
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1119:
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1114:
1112:
1109:
1107:
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1102:
1099:
1097:
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1080:
1079:
1073:
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