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Alta, Norway

The town and municipality Alta in the county of Finnmark, Norway, has 17,159 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002.

Alta is the location of rock drawings dating from circa 4200 BC to 500 BC, that are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

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Unesco information (http://whc.unesco.org/sites/352.htm)

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