Rinkeby-Kista
Rinkeby-Kista is a borough (stadsdelsområde) in Stockholm, Sweden. The borough is located in Västerort.
Rinkeby-Kista | |
|---|---|
Borough of Stockholm | |
 Rinkeby | |
 Location of Rinkeby-Kista shown in yellow | |
| Coordinates: 59.401°N 17.944°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Stockholm Municipality |
| Municipality subdivision | Västerort |
| Established | 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal assembly |
| • Municipal commissioner | Bo Sundin (M) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 48,828 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ZIP Code prefixes | 163--, 164-- |
| Area code(s) | 08 |
| Website | Stockholm.se |
Overview
The districts that make up the borough are Akalla, Husby, Kista, and Rinkeby.[1] The population of Rinkeby-Kista borough is 48,604 as of December 2015.[2]
The borough was formed on January 1, 2007 when Kista borough and Rinkeby borough were merged.
Rinkeby-Kista has, in recent years, become a centre of multiculturalism. Many immigrants or "newcomers" as Sweden refers to them, consider this their home, and a great deal of media coverage has labelled this a "no-go zone". [3]
gollark: How?
gollark: Not really.
gollark: So it's also one of those incomprehensible languages?
gollark: Yes.
gollark: They're, er, not.
References
- "Administrative divisions of the City districts". Stockholms stads utrednings- och statistikkontor AB. 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- "Statistik Stockholm - Områdesfakta" (PDF). Statistik Stockholm. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- https://vimeo.com/165735720
External links
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