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Country
  
Iceland

Main town
  
Keflavík

Established
  
1999

Representatives to Parliament
  
10

South Constituency

Composition
  
List 3 regions 20 municipalities

South Constituency is one of the six constituencies of Iceland. Its major town is Keflavík.

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Geography

It is the only constituency bordering with all the other five, included the urban ones of Reykjavík. Its territory includes the glaciers of Vatnajokull (Partly in Norðausturkjördæmi), Eyjafjallajökull, Mýrdalsjökull, Tindfjallajökull, Torfajökull and, at its northern borders, the southern part of the Hofsjökull and Langjökull.

Composition

The constituency includes 3 regions and 20 municipalities.

  • Regions: Eastern Region, Southern Region and Southern Peninsula
  • Municipalities: Árborg, Ásahreppur, Bláskógabyggð, Flóahreppur, Garður, Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur, Grindavík, Höfn, Hrunamannahreppur, Hveragerði, Reykjanesbær, Mýrdalshreppur, Ölfus, Rangárþing eystra, Rangárþing ytra, Sandgerði, Skaftárhreppur, Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur, Vestmannaeyjar and Vogar

    • Towns

    The settlements with town status, listed per order of population, are 16:

    References

    South Constituency Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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