Storhaug is a

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of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of

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county,

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. This borough includes the traditional city centre and main harbor along the Byfjorden. It is located east of

Eiganes og Våland Eiganes og Våland is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located just west of the city centre, north of the lake Mosvatnet, west of the l ...

borough and south of the island borough of Hundvåg. The borough has a population (2016) of 16,544. This gives the borough a

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of .

Neighbourhoods

Although the borders of "neighbourhoods" () do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Storhaug roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods:

Johannes Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

Nylund Nylund is a neighborhood (''delområde'') in the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Storhaug, between the neighborhoods of Joha ...

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, Paradis,

Bergjeland Bergjeland or Bergeland is a neighborhood (''delområde'') in the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the borough of Storh ...

, and

Øyane Øyane is a neighborhood (''delområde'') in the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in ...

Politics

Storhaug borough is led by a municipal borough council (). The council consists of 11 members, with the following

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allegiances:

References

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