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238: 331: 518: 25: 1092: 139: 239: 1025: 375: 317: 252:. Its area is 22,721 square kilometres (8,773 sq mi) and in 2020 its population was 13,173. The Eastern Region has a jagged coastline of 1053: 1133: 89: 42: 503: 362: 61: 68: 746: 691: 468: 75: 1152: 595: 555: 293: 108: 1157: 410: 57: 473: 1126: 550: 46: 797: 615: 430: 711: 355: 854: 575: 488: 448: 405: 400: 989: 984: 605: 585: 565: 1119: 939: 756: 656: 636: 600: 560: 420: 82: 761: 590: 1107: 949: 929: 871: 716: 701: 493: 483: 348: 35: 285:
The only car and passenger ferry that sails between Iceland and the European continent calls at
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once a week in the summer months and intermittently the rest of the year.
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Category:Populated places in Eastern Region (Iceland)
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