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The Laponian area is a large mountainous wildlife area in the Lapland province in northern Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, more precisely in the Gällivare Municipality
Gällivare Municipality

G?llivare Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in G?llivare.The municipality is the third largest in Sweden, but it has not been amalgamated with other entities....
, Arjeplog Municipality
Arjeplog Municipality

Arjeplog Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Arjeplog.The area which now is Arjeplog Municipality used to be a single parish , which was made into a municipality when the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863....
 and Jokkmokk Municipality
Jokkmokk Municipality

Jokkmokk Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Jokkmokk.The name Jokkmokk is Sami languages for the words "river" and "bend", since the town is situated close to a bend in the nearby river....
. It was made a UNESCO
UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
 World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
 in 1996.

The total area is about 9400 km², making it the world's largest unmodified nature area which is cultured by natives -- the natives in this case being the reindeer
Reindeer

The reindeer , also known as the caribou when wild in North America, is an Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer, widespread and numerous across the northern Holarctic....
 herding Sami people
Sami people

The S?mi people, are the indigenous people Indigenous peoples of Europe inhabiting S?pmi , which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia....
. Being so large, the geography of the area varies greatly.






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The Laponian area is a large mountainous wildlife area in the Lapland province in northern Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, more precisely in the Gällivare Municipality
Gällivare Municipality

G?llivare Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in G?llivare.The municipality is the third largest in Sweden, but it has not been amalgamated with other entities....
, Arjeplog Municipality
Arjeplog Municipality

Arjeplog Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Arjeplog.The area which now is Arjeplog Municipality used to be a single parish , which was made into a municipality when the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863....
 and Jokkmokk Municipality
Jokkmokk Municipality

Jokkmokk Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Jokkmokk.The name Jokkmokk is Sami languages for the words "river" and "bend", since the town is situated close to a bend in the nearby river....
. It was made a UNESCO
UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
 World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
 in 1996.

The total area is about 9400 km², making it the world's largest unmodified nature area which is cultured by natives -- the natives in this case being the reindeer
Reindeer

The reindeer , also known as the caribou when wild in North America, is an Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer, widespread and numerous across the northern Holarctic....
 herding Sami people
Sami people

The S?mi people, are the indigenous people Indigenous peoples of Europe inhabiting S?pmi , which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia....
. Being so large, the geography of the area varies greatly. Each nature reserve and national park has its distinctive features.

95% of the area is protected as national park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
s or nature reserve
Nature reserve

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora , fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for Conservation ethic and to provide special opportunities for study or research....
s. It consists of the national parks Muddus
Muddus

File:National parks of Sweden numbers.pngMuddus is a national park in northern Sweden. It is situated in the province Lapland, Sweden, with its largest part in the G?llivare Municipality....
, Sarek
Sarek National Park

Sarek National Park is a national park in Jokkmokk Municipality, in the province Swedish Lapland in northern Sweden. Sarek borders the national parks Stora Sj?fallet and Padjelanta....
, Padjelanta
Padjelanta

Padjelanta is a national park in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Established in 1963 , it is the largest national park in Sweden with an area of 1,984 km2, and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Laponian area established in 1996....
 and Stora Sjöfallet
Stora Sjöfallet

Stora Sj?fallet is a national park in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, in G?llivare Municipality. It is situated by the Norwegian border. It was declared national park in 1909....
, and the nature reserves Sjaunja and Stubba. The other 5% are in the areas of Sulitelma, Tjuoltadalen, and Rapadalen. The village Porjus
Porjus

Porjus is a village in Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, with a population of 380 inhabitants. Geographically it is situated by the shores of Lule River at 499 meter height....
 is a natural port to the Laponian area and has recently opened an information center.

The highest mountain of the area is Sarektjåhkkå
Sarektjåhkkå

Sarektj?kk? is the second highest mountain in Sweden and the highest mountain in the Laponian area at 2089 metres AMSL.The mountain is located close to the Eastern border of Sarek National Park, about 23 kilometres south-west of Suorva....
, at 2,089 meters.

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