Hólar
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- Hólar
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- Village
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- Hólar Cathedral
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- Location of the Municipality of Skagafjörður
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- Country
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- Constituency
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- Northwest Constituency
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- Region
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- Northwestern Region
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Hólar
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Skagafjörður
- Population
- +94
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.holar.is
- Image
- Church in Hólar with Hólar University College in the background.jpg
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Hólar (; also Hólar í Hjaltadal ) is a small community in the Skagafjörður district of northern Iceland.
==Location== Hólar is in the valley Hjaltadalur, some from the national capital of Reykjavík. It has a population of around 100. It is the site of the main campus of Hólar University College, a site of historical buildings and archeological excavation, home to the Center for the history of the Icelandic horse, Hólar Cathedral, and the turf house Nýibær.