Masi (Norwegian) | |
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  Masi  Masi | |
| Coordinates:69°26′37″N23°40′01″E / 69.44361°N 23.66694°E /69.44361; 23.66694 | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Finnmark |
| District | Vest-Finnmark |
| Municipality | Kautokeino |
| Elevation | 282 m (925 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 9525 Maze |
Masi (Norwegian),Máze (Northern Sami), orMaasi (Finnish) is a village inKautokeino Municipality inFinnmark county,Norway.
The village is located along the riverKautokeinoelva, a tributary of the Alta river. about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of the town ofAlta and about 60 kilometres north of the village ofKautokeino. The village is made up predominantly ofSami people, a non-Norwegian group indigenous to the Fennoscandinavian peninsula .[2]
Masi Church has stood in the town since the 17th century. The present church building is a reconstruction built after the original was torched by German soldiers during theNazi occupation of Norway in World War II.[2]
During the late 1970s, the Norwegian government planned to construct theAlta Hydroelectric Power Station downstream, which was expected to flood Masi, upstream Kautokeino, and the surrounding reindeer pasture and disruptreindeer migration and wildsalmon fishing. Masi was among several sites of protest in what became known later as theAlta controversy.
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