Esbjerg (/ˈɛsbjɜːr/, /ˈɛsbjɜːrɡ/; Danish: [ˈɛsb̥jæɐ̯ˀ]; West Jutish dialect: [ˈɛsbʲæa̯]) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is 71 kilometres (44 mi) west of Kolding and 164 kilometres (102 mi) southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,618 (as of 1 January 2016), it is the sixth-largest city in Denmark, and the largest in west Jutland.