# Sjonbotn

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"Mæla" redirects here. For the 13th century Hawaiian Chiefess, see [Maelo](/source/Maelo).

**Sjonbotn**[1] is a village in [Rana Municipality](/source/Rana_Municipality) in [Nordland](/source/Nordland) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). It is located along [Norwegian County Road 17](/source/Norwegian_County_Road_17) at the eastern end of the [Sjona](/source/Sjona) [fjord](/source/Fjord), about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the villages of [Utskarpen](/source/Utskarpen) and [Myklebustad](/source/Myklebustad).

The small, rural village area sits at the end of the fjord. There is a large marshy river delta at the shoreline that is known as *Mæla*,[2] a name that is also used for the village area as well.

The district surrounding the inner part of the Sjona fjord originally belonged to [Nesna Municipality](/source/Nesna_Municipality). On 1 January 1964, this district (population: 543) was merged with the town of [Mo i Rana](/source/Mo_i_Rana), [Nord-Rana Municipality](/source/Nord-Rana_Municipality), and the northern part of [Sør-Rana Municipality](/source/S%C3%B8r-Rana_Municipality) to create the new [Rana Municipality](/source/Rana_Municipality).[3]

## References

1. ["Informasjon om stadnamn Sjonbotn"](https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/684825) (in Norwegian). *Norgeskart*. [Kartverket](/source/Norwegian_Mapping_Authority). Retrieved 2024-09-28.

1. ["Informasjon om stadnamn Mæla"](https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/319766) (in Norwegian). *Norgeskart*. [Kartverket](/source/Norwegian_Mapping_Authority). Retrieved 2024-09-28.

1. Jukvam, Dag (1999). ["Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen"](http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf) (in Norwegian). [Statistisk sentralbyrå](/source/Statistics_Norway). ISBN 9788253746845.

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