Umeå

Umeå (UK: /ˈuːməɔː/ OO-mə-aw,^[2] US: /ˈuːmeɪoʊ/ OO-may-oh,^[3] Swedish: [ˈʉ̌ːmɛɔ] ^ⓘ, locally [ˈʉ̌ːmɛ] ^ⓘ; South Westrobothnian: [²ʉːm];^{[lower-alpha 1]} Finnish: Uumaja; Ume Sami: Ubmeje; Southern Sami: Upmeje; Northern Sami: Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County.

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Umeå
From top: View over downtown showing Ume River, The Museum of Visual Arts, "Skin 4" at Umeå Arts Campus, Umeå City Church, the Heart Smiley, Umeå Town Hall
Nicknames:  Björkarnas Stad (town of birches) Lill-Stockholm (little Stockholm)
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Coordinates: 63°49′30″N 20°15′50″E
Country	Sweden
County	Västerbottens län
Municipality	Umeå Municipality
Charter	17th Century
Area [1]
• Urban	31.8 km2 (12.3 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (31 December 2020)[1]
• City	130,224
• Rank	13
• Density	2,818/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	900 01 - 908 50
Area code	(+46) 90
Website	www.umea.se

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Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest locality in Norrland and the thirteenth largest in Sweden, with a wider municipal population of 130,224 inhabitants in 2020.^[1][4] When Umeå University was established in 1965, growth accelerated, and the amount of housing has doubled in 30 years from 1980 to 2010.^[5] As of 2018^[update], Umeå was gaining around 1000 inhabitants per year and the municipality plans for having 200 000 inhabitants by 2050.^[6] The projection of municipality size in 2050 has, however, been questioned as an overestimation in an independent study.^[7]

Umeå is a university town and centre of education, technical and medical research in northern Sweden. The two universities located in the city, Umeå University and one of the 3 main branches of SLU, host around 40,000 enrolled students,^[8][9] which corresponds to around 30% of the total population.^{[lower-alpha 2]} CRISPR gene editing was developed by researchers, headed by Emmanuelle Charpentier at Umeå University, being awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.^[10] Umeå was the European Capital of Culture during 2014, along with Riga in Latvia.^[11] Umeå is certified by the EarthCheck Sustainable Destinations program.^[12][13][14]

Consulates from ten countries can be found in Umeå (2021): Denmark (from 1848), Finland (from 1921), France (from 1989), Iceland (from 2002), Italy (from 2012), Latvia (1939–1940; again from 2014), Lithuania (from 2012), Norway (from 1963), and the Republic of Seychelles (from 2001).

Umeå has been the home of Rally Sweden since 2022.^[15]