Drag, Norway
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Drag is a village in the municipality of Tysfjord
in Norway
with approximately 950 inhabitants. It is located slightly less than 200 kilometres north of Bodø
and 120 kilometres south of Narvik
. Drag is connected to Kjøpsvik
by ferry
.
Lule Sami Center is located in Drag.
Tysfjord
Tysfjord or Divtasvuodna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Ofoten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kjøpsvik...
in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
with approximately 950 inhabitants. It is located slightly less than 200 kilometres north of Bodø
Bodø
is a city and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten region.The city of Bodø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Bodin was merged with Bodø on 1 January 1968. Skjerstad was merged with Bodø on 1 January 2005...
and 120 kilometres south of Narvik
Narvik
is the third largest city and municipality in Nordland county, Norway by population. Narvik is located on the shores of the Narvik Fjord . The municipality is part of the Ofoten traditional region of North Norway, inside the arctic circle...
. Drag is connected to Kjøpsvik
Kjøpsvik
Kjøpsvik is the administrative centre of Tysfjord municipality, Norway. Its population is 960.-References:...
by ferry
Ferry
A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...
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Lule Samis
The ÁrranÁrran
Árran is the Lule Sámi Center in the village of Drag in Tysfjord, Norway. The purpose of the center is to foster and promote the Lule Sámi language and culture, which it does by arranging on-site and videoconference courses in Lule Sámi, publishing books and doing research. The center has a museum,...
Lule Sami Center is located in Drag.