Barents region

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Arctic region transnational region

The Barents region is a transnational area in northern Europe encompassing parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and northwest Russia, known for its Arctic environment, natural resources, and cross-border cooperation.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Barents Sea region	5
Barents Region	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic region ⓘ transnational region ⓘ
borderedBy	Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Arkhangelsk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Finnmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Lapland (Finland) NERFINISHED ⓘ Murmansk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Nenets Autonomous Okrug NERFINISHED ⓘ Norrbotten County NERFINISHED ⓘ Troms NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
cooperationEstablished	1993 ⓘ
coordinatedBy	Barents Regional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Barents Euro-Arctic Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	Arctic environment ⓘ rich natural resources ⓘ sparse population ⓘ subarctic climate ⓘ
hasCooperationFramework	Barents Euro-Arctic cooperation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	fisheries ⓘ forestry ⓘ mining ⓘ petroleum industry ⓘ shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasIssue	climate change impacts ⓘ environmental pollution risk ⓘ indigenous rights concerns ⓘ
hasKeyCity	Arkhangelsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirkenes NERFINISHED ⓘ Luleå NERFINISHED ⓘ Murmansk NERFINISHED ⓘ Rovaniemi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tromsø NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNaturalResource	fish ⓘ hydropower potential ⓘ minerals ⓘ natural gas ⓘ oil ⓘ timber ⓘ
includesPartOf	Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ northwest Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Arctic research ⓘ cross-border cooperation ⓘ environmental protection initiatives ⓘ indigenous Sámi culture ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Europe ⓘ
namedAfter	Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ