Longyearbyen - Spitsbergen
Longyearbyen is the administrative capital of Spitsbergen.
The port of Longyearbyen is often the departure point of Nordic expeditions.
It is the world most northern town.
It is mainly a mining center and the administration is done by Norway.
The group name of all the islands is Svalbard or Spitsbergen and the island archipel is divided into different sectors. Russia has one of them. On other islands a lot of international scientific groups are doing research
A lot of inhabitants from Longyearbyen are coming from exotic countries like The Philippines, Indonesia, etc. Why ? because the companies caanot find enough labout in the western countries and only those hard working people where courageous enough to go there. It is a hard way to survive. Only the summer months the weather is acceptable, the rest of the year, freezing temperatures and a lot of snow are isolating this part of the world.
Main economic activity is coal mining.
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