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Oslo is Norway's capital and most populated community. It has a population of 590,041 inhabitants and an area of ​​426.9 km². Together with the communes of the province (fylke) Akershus forms a metropolitan area inhabited by approximately 1.4 million people. Oslo Oslo and fylke Oslo are the same entity.

The neighboring communes are: to the west, Bærum, northern Ringerike, Lunner and Nittedal, east Skedsmo and Lørenskog, south Enebakk, ski and Oppegård, and southwest Nesodden peninsula.

The highest point is Kirkeberget (629 m), which is also the northernmost point of the city.

Oslo is located at the head of the Oslo fjord. Fiord is located in the south of the city. On the opposite side there are hills and mountains.

There are 40 islands in the city, the largest being Malmøya (0.56 km²). Oslo has 343 lakes, the largest being Maridalsvannet (3.91 km²). This is also the most important source of drinking water.

The winter is long and relatively cold. Temperatures below 0 ° C can be found from September to May, January as the coldest month, with an average temperature of -4.3 ° C. The lowest temperature recorded in Oslo was -27.1 ° C in January 1942.

The average rainfall is 763 mm per year, winters are somewhat drier than summers.

According to the Snorres kongesaga, Oslo was founded around 1048 AD by King Harald Hardråde. The etymology of the name Oslo is disputed. In the Middle Ages the name was also written by Anslo, Ásló og Ósló, which is a "meadow". It could be the pasture called Ekeberg today. Oslo became the capital of Norway in 1314, during the reign of Håkon V (1299-1319), the first king to have settled permanently in Oslo, and which also started the construction of the Akershus castle. After a three-day fire in 1624, the inhabitants were forced to move west of the Bjørvika harbor, where Akershus was the royal castle. The new sector was named Christiania (after King Christian IV of Denmark), the original Oslo remaining as the name of the area outside the new city. In 1859 Christiania and Oslo united, and since 1925 the name of the capital has again become Oslo.


Fortress and Akershus Castle
During the union with Denmark (1660-1814), Oslo will lose its capital status, and it will also stagnate from an economic point of view. The fact that Oslo University was founded only in 1811 had an adverse effect on the country's development.

The 1880s were a period of strong development, many of which were important buildings from that period: the Royal Palace, the University Building, the Storting House, the National Theater building, etc.

The construction of the City Hall was completed in 1950, and in the 1950s many block of flats were built in the eastern part of the city to alleviate the large lack of housing that was felt in the early post-war years.

As of January 1, 2016, the municipality of Oslo has a population of 658,390, while the population of the city's urban area was 942,084. The metropolitan area had an estimated population of 1.71 million. The population was increasing at record rates during the early 2000s, making it the fastest growing major city in Europe at the time. This growth stems for the most part from international immigration and related high birth rates, but also from intra-national migration. The immigrant population in the city is growing somewhat faster than the Norwegian population,and in the city proper this is now more than 25% of the total.

The origin of the name Oslo has been the subject of much debate. It is certainly derived from Old Norse and was—in all probability—originally the name of a large farm at Bjørvika, but the meaning of that name is disputed. Modern linguists generally interpret the original Óslo or Áslo as either "Meadow at the Foot of a Hill" or "Meadow Consecrated to the Gods", with both considered equally likely.

Oslo occupies an arc of land at the northernmost end of the Oslofjord. The fjord, which is nearly bisected by the Nesodden peninsula opposite Oslo, lies to the south; in all other directions Oslo is surrounded by green hills and mountains. There are 40 islands within the city limits, the largest being Malmøya (0.56 km2 or 0.22 sq mi), and scores more around the Oslofjord. Oslo has 343 lakes, the largest being Maridalsvannet (3.91 km2 or 1.51 sq mi). This is also a main source of drinking water for large parts of Oslo

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