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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Official Site of Reykjavik, Iceland. Oct 22, 2026
Article revised and updated. Feb 14, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Morris Digital Well - The Rise of Reykjavik: A Study in Historico-Economic Geography. Oct 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Reykjavik, Iceland. Sep 20, 2024
Map added. Jun 13, 2023
Population data updated. Aug 29, 2022
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Geography of Reykjavik, Iceland. Sep 14, 2018
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Reykjavik, Iceland. May 25, 2018
Add new Web site: Official Site of Reykjavik, Iceland. Mar 09, 2018
Add new Web site: Official Site of Reykjavik, Iceland. Oct 13, 2017
Add new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Reykjavik, Iceland. Jan 25, 2013
Add new Web site: Maps of World - Reykjavik, Iceland. Jan 25, 2013
For consistency, replaced instances of "town" with "city." Jan 07, 2010
Article revised and updated. Jul 30, 2008
Article revised and updated. Jun 17, 2008
Added new Web site: Official Site of Reykjavik, Iceland. Sep 24, 2007
Added new Web site: Official Site of the Embassy of United States of America, Reykjavik, Iceland. May 07, 2007
Added new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Reykjavik, Iceland. May 07, 2007
Article revised. Jul 10, 2003
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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