Alta

E78263
town

Alta is a town in northern Norway known for its Arctic location, winter sports, and proximity to the Northern Lights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
airportIATAcode ALF ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
distanceTo about 240 km from Tromsø by road ⓘ
economy construction ⓘ
service sector ⓘ
small-scale industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasAirport Alta Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction Northern Lights Cathedral ⓘ
hasAuroraObservations yes ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution campus of UiT The Arctic University of Norway ⓘ
hasEvent Finnmarksløpet sled dog race (start/finish) ⓘ
hasMidnightSun yes in summer ⓘ
hasPolarNight yes in winter ⓘ
hasPopulation over 15,000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasRiver Altaelva ⓘ
hasSamiPopulation yes ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Rock Art of Alta ⓘ
knownFor Altaelva salmon fishing ⓘ
Arctic location ⓘ
Northern Lights tourism ⓘ
cross-country skiing ⓘ
dog sledding ⓘ
ice hotel experiences ⓘ
prehistoric rock carvings ⓘ
proximity to the Northern Lights ⓘ
snowmobiling ⓘ
winter sports ⓘ
language Norwegian ⓘ
latitudeApprox 70 degrees north ⓘ
locatedIn Alta Municipality ⓘ
Northern Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Troms og Finnmark ⓘ
surface form: Troms og Finnmark county
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle ⓘ
locatedOn Altafjorden NERFINISHED ⓘ
municipalStatus administrative centre of Alta Municipality ⓘ
near Finnmarksvidda ⓘ
surface form: Finnmarksvidda plateau
partOf region of Finnmark ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 9510–9519 ⓘ
religion Church of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Church of Norway (majority)
roadConnection European route E6 ⓘ
Norwegian National Road 93 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
tourismSeason summer for midnight sun ⓘ
winter high season ⓘ

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