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Encyclopedia > Puolanka
With its drop of 24 meters Hepoköngäs is the highest waterfall in Finland.

Puolanka is a municipality of Finland. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 61 KB)Hepoköngäs, Puolanka. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 61 KB)Hepoköngäs, Puolanka. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...


It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 3,474 and covers an area of 2,599.79 km² of which 132.56 km² is water. The population density is 1.41 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... Kainuu is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ...


The highest waterfall in Finland, Hepoköngäs is located 16 km from the center of Puolanka. Waterfall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...


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Niilo was born on November 30, 1860, in Puolanka, Finland.
Anna Moilanen and her parents, Jorma Moilanen and Brita Oikarinen-Moilanen, were members of the torpalaiset class, or the serfs.
The book says that the first daughter of Niilo and Anna, Anna Liisa, was born in Puolanka, Finland on December 9, 1881.
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