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Hvalba () is a village and a municipality in the Faroe Islands, which consists of Hvalba, Nes-Hvalba and Sandvík.

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Place details

Locality: Hvalba
Region: Suðuroy
Country: Føroyar
Population: 673
Timezone: Atlantic/Faroe

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Key facts

Settlement.image_caption: Hvalba, looking towards Lítla Dímun island
Settlement.image_map: Map-position-hvalbiar-kommuna-2005.png
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Hvalbiar kommuna in the Faroe Islands
Settlement.pushpin_map: Faroe Islands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Hvalba village in the Faroe Islands
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Constituent country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Island
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Suðuroy

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Official name: Hvalba
Country: Faroe Islands
Located in: Hvalba
Population: +599
Time zone: Greenwich Mean Time
Capital of: Hvalba
Official website: www.hvalba.fo
Image: Hvalba Football Field A Skorinum.jpg

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Population
Connected by tunnels
Hvalbiareiði and Norðbergseiði
Tourism
Coal Mines
Pirates and "Turkargravir"
Sports
Gallery
See also
References
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Hvalba () is a village and a municipality in the Faroe Islands, which consists of Hvalba, Nes-Hvalba and Sandvík.

The village spreads around the bottom of a deep inlet, Hvalbiarfjørður, in the northeast of Suðuroy.

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Commons link from Wikidata Municipalities of the Faroe Islands Populated coastal places in the Faroe Islands Populated places in the Faroe Islands Ports and harbours of the Faroe Islands Suðuroy

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Mayor

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Janus Thomsen

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Municipality

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16.83

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Village

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oceanic climate

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transport in the Faroe Islands

Vága Municipality

2021 Faroe Islands Cup

Eiði Municipality

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municipality of the Faroe Islands

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