Svalbard and Jan Mayen
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- SJ
- ISO alpha-3
- SJM
- ISO numeric
- 744
- FIPS 10-4
- SV
- GeoNames ID
- 607072
Key facts
- Capital
- Longyearbyen
- Area
- 62,049 km²
- Population
- 2,550
- Currency
- Krone (NOK)
- Calling code
- +47
- Top-level domain
- .sj
- Official languages
- no,ru
Continent
- Name
- Europe
- Code
- EU
- In this dataset
- 54 countries
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/SJ?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 62049,
"capital": "Longyearbyen",
"continent_code": "EU",
"currency_code": "NOK",
"iso3_code": "SJM",
"iso_code": "SJ",
"name": "Svalbard and Jan Mayen",
"population": 2550
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/SJ/regions/v1/cities?country=SJ/v1/postal-codes?country=SJ/v1/timezones?country=SJ
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- سفالبارد وجان ماين
- Chinese
- 斯瓦尔巴和扬马延
- English
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- French
- Svalbard et Jan Mayen
- German
- Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen
- Hindi
- स्वालबार्ड और जान मायेन
- Italian
- Svalbard e Jan Mayen
- Japanese
- スバールバル諸島・ヤンマイエン島
- Korean
- 스발바르제도-얀마웬섬
- Portuguese
- Svalbard e Jan Mayen
- Russian
- Шпицберген и Ян-Майен
- Spanish
- Svalbard y Jan Mayen
- Total language variants
- 112
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic/Longyearbyen | UTC+01:00 | UTC+02:00 |
Postal code format
- Format
- ####
- Pattern
^(\d{4})$
First-level administrative regions
- Svalbard
- Jan Mayen
2 of 2 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Longyearbyen | 2,368 |
| Sveagruva | 300 |
| Barentsburg | 297 |
| Nybyen | 113 |
| Ny-Ålesund | 35 |
| Olonkinbyen | 14 |
| Hornsund | 12 |
| Herwighamma | 9 |
| Pyramiden | 5 |
| Hopen Radio | 4 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 13
- First-level regions
- 2
- Postal codes
- 8
- Name languages
- 112
- Boundary polygon
- Not in this dataset
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