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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 120 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LULEA  , a seaport of

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Sweden,
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capital of the
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district (lan) of Norrbotten, on the
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peninsula of Sando, at the mouth of the Lule
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river and the
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north-
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west corner of the Gulf of
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Bothnia . Pop . (1900) 9484 . It is connected at Boden (22 M . N.) with the
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main
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line of railway from
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Stockholm to
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Gellivara and
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Narvik on Ofoten
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Fjord in
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Norway . By this line Lulea is 723 M . N.N.E. of Stockholm . It is the
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shipping
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place for the
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iron ore
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mined at Gellivara, 127 M . N. by W., and there are smelting
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works at Karlsvik in the vicinity .
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Timber is also exported, being floated in large quantities down the Lule . As a
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rule the
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port is closed by
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ice from
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November to the end of May . The
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town was almost entirely burnt down in 1887, and its buildings are new—the
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church (1888-1893), the Norrbotten Museum and a technical school being the most important .

Lulea as founded by Gustavus

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Adolphus was 7 M. higher up the river, but was moved to the
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present site in '649 .

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