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'''Longyearbyen''' is the largest city and administrative centre of the [[Svalbard]] [[archipelago]] in the [[Barents Sea]], which is a region of [[Norway]]. It has approximately (as of 2008) 2,040 inhabitants<ref>http://www.lokalstyre.no/Modules/theme.aspx?Category.ID=699&ObjectType=Article&ElementID=1882</ref>.
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'''Longyearbyen''' is the largest city and administrative centre of the [[Svalbard]] [[archipelago]] in the [[Barents Sea]], which is a region of [[Norway]]. It has approximately (as of 2008) 2,040 inhabitants<ref>[http://www.lokalstyre.no/Modules/theme.aspx?Category.ID=699&ObjectType=Article&ElementID=1882 Longyearbyen Local]</ref>. The city was founded in 1906 by John Munroe Longyear, an [[American]] entrepreneur<ref>[http://www.sysselmannen.no/hovedEnkel.aspx?m=44323&amid=1882652 Sysselmannen]</ref>.
    
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