Saltangará
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Saltangará ({{langx|da|Saltangerå}}) is a village in the Faroe Islands, on the island of Eysturoy.
Saltangará was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of Eysturoys Skalafjordur-inlet between Rituvík and Søldarfjørður.{{cite book|first=Don|last=Brandt|title=More Stamps and Story of the Faroe Islands|url=http://www.faroestamps.fo/download/stamps_i_england-22.pdf|format=pdf|access-date=2008-09-04|volume=1|year=2006|publisher=Postverk Føroya|location=Tórshavn|isbn=99918-3-191-6|page=35|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927130140/http://www.faroestamps.fo/download/stamps_i_england-22.pdf|archive-date=2011-09-27}}
The name is derived from three words: angar comes from the Old Norse angr which means a fjord or bay; á means a stream; and salt has the same meaning in Faroese, Icelandic and English.
The village is located in Runavík Municipality along with Æðuvík, Glyvur, Runavík, Rituvík, Skipanes, Søldarfjørdur, Elduvík, Funningsfjørdur, Glyvrar, Oyndarfjørdur, Skáli, Skálafjørdur, Lambi and Lambareiði.
Notable people
- Jústinus Hansen, footballer
- Jens Martin Knudsen, footballer
- Petur Knudsen, footballer
- Árni Frederiksberg, footballer
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.faroeislands.dk/pages/RunavikIndex.htm Faroeislands.dk: Saltangará]
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