Koutukeynu / Kautokejno ( Norwegian Kautokeino , S. Sami. Guovdageaidnu ) - a commune in the province of Finnmark in Norway . The administrative center is the village of Koutukeynu / Kautokeino. The area of Koutukeynu / Kautokeino is 9708.13 km² , identifier code is 2011.
| commune of Norway | |||
| Koutukeinu / Kautokeino | |||
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| Norwegian Kautokeino | |||
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| A country |  Norway | ||
| Province (fülke) | Finnmark | ||
| Adm. center | Koutukeinu / Kautokeino | ||
| Population ( 2007 ) | 2947 people | ||
| Density | 0.3 people / km² | ||
| Officer language | Bokmål , Northern Sami | ||
| Population change over 10 years | % | ||
| Area | 9,708.13 km² | ||
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| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 Code | NO-2011 | ||
| http://www.kautokeino.kommune.no (Norwegian) | |||
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In Koutukeynu, there is the Saami Higher School - a higher education institution in Norway, focused on the problems of the Sami population of Norway and other countries, as well as on general problems of the Arctic, including in the field of ecology .
Content
- 1 Population and languages
- 2 Name
- 3 History
- 4 Twin Cities
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Population and languages
The population of the commune for 2007 was 2947 people.
On the territory of the commune, two languages are official - Norwegian ( Bokmål ) and Northern Sami .
Title
The normalized form of the Russian name is Koutukeynu [1] . On the maps of Roskartography, the name was found both in the form of Koutokeino (1977) [2] , and in the form of Koutokeinu (1978) [3] . The Sami name Guovdageaidnu comes from the words guovda “middle” and geaidnu “path, road”.
History
In 1852, an armed conflict between the Sami and representatives of the Norwegian administration occurred in Koutukeynu (see the unrest in Kautokeino ). The Norwegian feature film of 2008 is dedicated to these dramatic events.
From March 26 to 29, 2012, the International Conference of Indigenous Peoples' Journalists was held in Koutukeynu in the building of the Sami Higher School. Within its framework, seminars and master classes were held for journalists working in editorial offices broadcasting in indigenous languages. The conference was attended by delegates from more than ten countries, including from Canada , Finland , Sweden , Russia , and the USA [4] . Prince Albert II of Monaco also participated in the forum [4] [5] .
Twin Cities
- Naryan-Mar ( Russia ) [6]
Notes
- ↑ Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra, 1986. - S. 161. - 459 p. - 70,000 copies. - UDC 528.935: 003.035 (038)
- ↑ Norway. Reference card. 1: 2 500 000 . - Ed. the fourth. - M .: Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, 1977. - 27,800 copies.
- ↑ Finland. Reference card. 1: 2,000,000 . - Ed. the fourth. - M .: Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, 1978. - 27,000 copies.
- ↑ 1 2 Yamal journalists participate in the international conference of indigenous journalism // Mangazeya News Agency. - March 27, 2012. (Retrieved March 28, 2012)
- ↑ The princely couple of Monaco will visit the Sami village of Hetta in Lapland // © Yle Uutiset = Yle News Service. = Website of the television and radio company Yleisradio Oy (yle.fi) March 23, 2012. (Retrieved March 27, 2012)
- ↑ Twin Cities
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has Koutukeynu / Kautokejno media files
- Statistics from the Norwegian Bureau of Statistics