Umeå
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Umeå is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County.
View of the Ume River by its estuary Umeå
The central bus stop Vasaplan in Umeå.
Umeå Energi Arena
Southern Sámi
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Southern or South Sámi is the southwesternmost of the Sámi languages, and is spoken in Norway and Sweden. It is an endangered language; the strongholds of this language are the municipalities of Snåsa, Røyrvik, Røros and Hattfjelldal in Norway. Of the approximately 2000 Southern Sami, only about 500 still speak fluent Southern Sami. This language belongs to the Saamic group within the Uralic language family.
Åarjel-saemiej skuvle (Southern Sámi school) and maanagierte (kindergarten) in Snåsa.