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Alta travel guide

about Alta

The town and municipality Alta in the county of Finnmark, Norway, has 17,359 inhabitants as of January 1, 2003. The municipality covers 3845 km².

Alta is the location of rock drawings dating from circa 4200 BC to 500 BC, that are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

Alta is a communication center in Finnmark. Main activities are trading, small industry, education and public service. The town is also famous for its slate industry. Finnmark University College (Høgskolen i Finnmark) is situated in Alta, and there is also a research intstitution (Norut NIBR Finnmark).

The Municipality of Alta (Alta kommune) has a good and informative home page.

Near cities to Alta

• Hammerfest travel guide 85 km
• Karasjok travel guide 100 km
• Tromso travel guide 160 km
• Kiruna travel guide 260 km
• Kirkenes travel guide 260 km
• Narvik travel guide 280 km
• Harstad travel guide 290 km
• Rovaniemi travel guide 390 km
• Murmansk travel guide 400 km
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• Olderdalen webcam 110 km
• Honningsvag - Nordkapp webcam 160 km
• Tromso webcam 160 km
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• Tromso - Storgata webcam 160 km
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