City of Kaarina Kaarinan kaupunki
Coat of arms
Location of Kaarina in Northern Europe
Coordinates: 60°24′N 22°22′E / 60.4, 22.367
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Finland Proper
Sub-region	Turku
Government
- City manager	Harri Virta
Area
- City	60.59 km²  (23.4 sq mi)
- Land	59.70 km² (23.1 sq mi)
- Water	0.89 km² (0.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- City	21,954
- Density	354.3/km² (917.6/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+3)
Official languages	Finnish
Website: www.kaarina.fi

Kaarina (IPA: [ˈkɑːrinɑ]) (S:t Karins in Swedish) is a small city and municipality of Finland. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 734 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Other versions Originally from en. ... Image File history File links Kaarinan_vaakuna. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län). ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi in Finnish, Egentliga Finland in Swedish) is a region in south-western Finland. ... In 2005 Finland is divided into 77 sub-regions (seutukunta in Finnish, ekonomisk region in Swedish). ... The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... This is a list of towns in Finland. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country. ...

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 21,568 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 60.59 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.89 km² is inland water. The population density is 361.3 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län). ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... The Region of Finland Proper is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

The famous fetish artist Tom of Finland was born in Kaarina. The legendary founders of funeral doom metal, the band Thergothon was formed here in 1989. A typical Tom of Finland hunk Tom of Finland (May 8, 1920 – November 7, 1991) (born Touko Laaksonen in Kaarina, Finland) was a fetish artist notable for his stylized homoerotic art and his influence on late twentieth century gay culture. ... It has been suggested that sludge metal be merged into this article or section. ... Thergothon The Band. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

See also

• Kuusisto Castle

Kuusisto Castle ruins today. ...

External links

• http://www.kaarina.fi/ - Official website (in Finnish)

	Municipalities of Finland Proper
	Alastaro | Askainen | Aura | Dragsfjärd | Halikko | Houtskär | Iniö | Kaarina | Karinainen | Kiikala | Kimito | Kisko | Korpo | Koski | Kustavi | Kuusjoki | Laitila | Lemu | Lieto | Loimaa | Loimaan kunta | Marttila | Masku | Mellilä | Merimasku | Mietoinen | Muurla | Mynämäki | Naantali | Nagu | Nousiainen | Oripää | Paimio | Pargas | Perniö | Pertteli | Piikkiö | Pyhäranta | Pöytyä | Raisio | Rusko | Rymättylä | Salo | Sauvo | Somero | Suomusjärvi | Särkisalo | Taivassalo | Tarvasjoki | Turku | Uusikaupunki | Vahto | Vehmaa | Velkua | Västanfjärd | Yläne
	Southwest Finland | Western Finland | Finland

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