Vesturhavnar
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== Post marks == | == Post marks == | ||
All the villages around Langfjørð are using ''Langfjørð'' as post mark. This means that if you want to send a letter to a person called Tór Hansen in Fjørðgápið, you have to mark the letter like this:<br><br>''Tór Hansen,<br>Langfjørð''<br><br>You don't have to write any number to indicate where Langfjørð is because the population is quite minimal, almost nobody have the same first ''and'' second name, and no names of places are used twice in the small country. | All the villages around Langfjørð are using ''Langfjørð'' as post mark. This means that if you want to send a letter to a person called Tór Hansen in Fjørðgápið, you have to mark the letter like this:<br><br>''Tór Hansen,<br>Langfjørð''<br><br>You don't have to write any number to indicate where Langfjørð is because the population is quite minimal, almost nobody have the same first ''and'' second name, and no names of places are used twice in the small country. | ||
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| + | == Sister cities == | ||
| + | Vesturhavnar has several sister cities in Kalduroyar and in other countries. See a complete list of them below: | ||
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| + | *{{KAL}} [[Brattnes|Hvalsúnd]] | ||
| + | *{{COU}} [[Nawako]] | ||
| + | *http://www.feast.org/countries/iceland/flag_tiny.png [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk Reykjavík] | ||
| + | *{{KAL}} [[Skálavík]] | ||
| + | *{{KAL}} [[Vágar|Suðurvág]] | ||
{{Municipalities in Kalduroyar}} | {{Municipalities in Kalduroyar}} | ||
[[Category:Municipalities in Kalduroyar]] | [[Category:Municipalities in Kalduroyar]] | ||
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| Sýsla: | Fjørðoy sýsla |
| Administration center: | Vesturhavnar |
| Population: | ~ 2.000 |
| Mayor: | Kári Nielsen (FF) |
| Post marks: | Vesturhavnar, Vindavík, Langfjørð |
Vesturhavnar is the most populated municipality in Kalduroyar, and the city there with the same name is the contry's capital. The total area of land in the municipality is the largest in Kalduroyar, and consists of numerous fjords, mountains, cliffs, valleys and villages.
Places
The town of Vesturhavnar is quite de-centralized, and is the smallest national capital in the COFR Alliance. The largest workplace is the docks, but many also work in smaller industrial areas or in the service trade. In comparation with other towns and villages in Kalduroyar, the town of Vesturhavnar has very few fishers, even though the harbour is one of the best in the whole archipelago.
Other villages in the municipality includes Vindavík and Langfjørð. The name Langfjorð is taken from the fjord with the same name in the eastern part of the municipality, but in this context, Langfjorð includes the villages around it.
Post marks
All the villages around Langfjørð are using Langfjørð as post mark. This means that if you want to send a letter to a person called Tór Hansen in Fjørðgápið, you have to mark the letter like this:
Tór Hansen,
Langfjørð
You don't have to write any number to indicate where Langfjørð is because the population is quite minimal, almost nobody have the same first and second name, and no names of places are used twice in the small country.
Sister cities
Vesturhavnar has several sister cities in Kalduroyar and in other countries. See a complete list of them below:
| Municipalities in Kalduroyar |
| Brattbøur • Brattnes • Gøtu • Nólsoy • Norður-Viðoy • Sandvágar • Skálavík • Suðurfjall • Suður-Viðoy • Vágar • Vesturhavnar |
