Kautokeino Municipality

Also known as Guovdageaidnu, Koutokeino

municipality in Finnmark, Norway

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Kautokeino Municipality is a local government area located in Finnmark, the northernmost region of Norway. It matters as an administrative division that serves the residents and communities within this Arctic part of Norway.

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Official website: www.guovdageainnu.suohkan.no
Image: Beaivváš Sámi Theatre Kautokeino 2014.jpg

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Kautokeino (Norwegian: Kautokeino; Northern Sami: Guovdageaidnu [ˈkuo̯vːtaˌkea̯jːtnuː]; Kven: Koutokeino; Finnish: Koutokeino) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. Other villages include Láhpoluoppal and Máze.

The 9,707-square-kilometre (3,748 sq mi) municipality is the largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Kautokeino is the 236th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,848. The municipality's population density is 0.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.78/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.8% over the previous 10-year period.