Mo i Rana
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Mo i Rana is a town located just south of the Arctic Circle in the municipality of Rana in the county of Nordland, Norway. The population is 25,325 (July 1, 2005).
From the end of the Second World War until the early 1990s Mo i Rana, with the town's steel mill as the cornerstone, was dependent upon heavy industry. Following the decline of heavy industry, new service industries have now grown up in the town. Mo i Rana is located just on the southern side of the Saltfjellet mountains with the Svartisen glacier, Norway's second largest glacier. Ranelva (river) meets the Ranfjord in Mo i Rana. Rana and Saltfjellet is famous for its numerous caves. Mo i Rana houses the National Library of Norway.
| 25 biggest cities of Norway (with number of inhabitants according to Statistics Norway [link]) |
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| Oslo (811,700) | Bergen (213,600) | Stavanger (173,100) | Trondheim (147,100) | Fredrikstad (97,100) | Drammen (90,700) | Skien (85,100) | Kristiansand (70,700) | Tromsø (52,400) | Tønsberg (45,000) | Ålesund (44,100) | Haugesund (40,300) | Sandefjord (39,600) | Moss (34,500) | Bodø (34,100) | Arendal (30,900) | Hamar (28,800) | Larvik (23,100) | Halden (22,000) | Harstad (19,400) | Lillehammer (19,100) | Molde (18,600) | Mo i Rana (17,900) | Kongsberg (17,700) | Horten (17,700) |
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