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

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

Lulea as founded by Gustavus See also:

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

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