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Encyclopedia > Kotka
Kotkan kaupunki
City Kotka (1878)
Administrative Province Southern Finland
Region Kymenlaakso
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

750 km²
272 km²
478 km²
Population
Density
54,860 (2005)
204/km²
The centre of Kotka
The centre of Kotka

Kotka (Finnish word for Eagle) is a town and municipality of Finland. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län). ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... Kymenlaakso is a region (maakunta / landskap) in Southern Finland. ... 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. ... In physics, density is defined as mass m per unit volume V. For the common case of a homogeneous substance, it is expressed as: where, in SI units: ρ (rho) is the density of the substance, measured in kg·m-3 m is the mass of the substance, measured in kg... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 1. ... 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 Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 54,860 (2005) and covers an area of 750 km² of which 478 km² is water. The population density is 204 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län). ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Kymenlaakso is a region (maakunta / landskap) in Southern Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The municipality is officially unilingually Finnish, although there lives a Swedish-speaking minority of a few hundred persons.


External links

  • Official website of Kotka
  • Map of Kotka


Municipalities of Kymenlaakso
Anjalankoski | Elimäki | Hamina | Iitti | Jaala | Kotka | Kouvola | Kuusankoski | Miehikkälä | Pyhtää | Valkeala | Virolahti
Kymenlaakso | Southern Finland | Finland

Coordinates: 60°28′00″N, 26°56′45″E The 12 municipalities of the Kymenlaakso Region in Finland are divided on two districts. ... Anjalankoski is a lively and developing town in Southern Finland with approx. ... Elimäki is a municipality of Finland. ... Hamina, or Fredrikshamn in Swedish, is one of Finlands most important harbors. ... Iitti is a municipality of Finland. ... Jaala is a municipality of Finland. ... Kouvola is a small town in southeastern Finland. ... Kuusankoski is an industrial town in southeastern Finland in the region of Kymenlaakso in the province of Southern Finland. ... Miehikkälä is a municipality of Finland. ... Pyhtää (Pyttis in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Valkeala is a municipality of Finland. ... Virolahti is the southeasternmost municipality of Finland on the border of Russian Federation. ... Kymenlaakso is a region (maakunta / landskap) in Southern Finland. ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Kotka was chosen as the site for a port as well as for industry over a century ago.
In Kotka, Kotkansaari - the Eagle's island - is a centre for trade and administration.
The outstanding Kotka City Theatre offers a variety of premiere performances every year, but the all-time favourite performance has been the Marathon Dance (They Shoot Horses, Don’t They), alternately performed in the theatre and in the old seafarer's tavern "Kairo".
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