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Skiippagurra is a village in
Deatnu-Tana Municipality or is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tana bru. Among the other villages in the municipality are Austertana, Bonakas, Polmak, Rustefjelbma, and Skiippagurra. T ...
in
Troms og Finnmark Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English language, English), is a Counties of Norway, county in Northern Norway, northern Norway that was established ...
county,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. The village is located to the east of the Tana River, approximately south of the municipal centre,
Tana bru Tana bru ( sme, Deanušaldi) is the administrative centre of Deatnu-Tana Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies on the western bank of the Tana River, along the European route E6 highway. The village has a populati ...
. According to
Statistics Norway Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every yea ...
, the village had 254 residents in 2008. Since 2003, Skiippagurra has also been home to an annual festival bearing its name. Skiippagurra is a trading place in Tana municipality, Troms and Finnmark county. The trading post is located on the east side of Deatnu (Tana river), four kilometers south of Deanu šaldi (Tana bridge). Skiippagurra is the end point for river traffic on the Tana River to Karasjok. E6 and E75 pass the place, which has 254 inhabitants (2008). From here, highway 895 leads southwest to Buolbmát (Polmak). Skiippagurra has a Norwegian road museum, and is a checkpoint during the Finnmark race.


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Villages in Finnmark Populated places of Arctic Norway Tana, Norway {{Finnmark-geo-stub