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Umea port information

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Umeå is a town in northern Sweden, half way up the Gulf of Bothnia, located on the Ume River.  It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County.

Umeå is the biggest city in Norrland and the twelfth biggest in Sweden, with 121,032 inhabitants in 2016.  The municipality had 119,613 inhabitants at the end of 2014.  When the university was established in 1965, growth sped up, and the amount of housing has doubled in the last 30 years.  As of 2011, 700 to 800 new apartments are constructed each year.  The city was elected as the European Capital of Culture of 2014.

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maps.google.co.uk/ Umea
maps.google.co.uk/ Holmsmund, port for Umea
www.whatsinport.com Umea
www.searates.com/ The port of Umea
www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ Things to Do in Umea
www.visitumea.se Tourist Information Centre
Triposo Sweden
Triposo Umea

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