Saltangará

Saltangará [ ˈsaltaŋgaɹɔa ] ( Danish : Saltangerå ) is a place in the Faroe Islands in the south of Eysturoy .

Population: 981 (January 1, 2015)
Postal code: FO-600
Commune : Runavíkar kommuna

Saltangará was founded in 1846 and is located on the east bank of the long Skálafjørður fjord . It is the administrative seat of the municipality. Runavík to the south and Glyvrar to the north join the elongated place .

Personalities

Kári P. Højgaard (* 1951), Faroese politician from Sjálvstýrisflokkurin , who lives in Saltangará.
Jens Martin Knudsen (* 1967), Faroese football goalkeeper

Web links

Faroeislands.dk: Saltangará (in English, info. And photos)
Fyrsti niðursetumaður í Saltangará , gamlihandil.fo (on the local history)
Don Brandt: More Stamps and Story of the Faroe Islands . Postverk Føroya 2006, p. 35 (pdf). faroestamps.fo. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011.

62.116666666667 -6.7166666666667Coordinates: 62 ° 7 ′ N , 6 ° 43 ′ W