Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn height" in English) is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about 69 km north of Helsinki and 109 km southeast of Tampere. It is somewhat of a railway junction, since the railway tracks going from different parts of the nation to Helsinki merge there. Sako, Ltd. has a major factory in Riihimäki. This is a list of towns in Finland. ... 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. ... Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable in Finnish: ), or Helsingfors in Swedish  listen, is the capital of Finland. ... Location within Finland Tampere (Swedish name Tammerfors) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes: Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. ... This article is about the SAKO firearms manufacturer. ...

The town is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The town has a population of 26,842 (December 31, 2004) and covers an area of 125.38 km² of which 4.55 km² is water. The population density is 222.1 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Tavastia Proper is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

External links

• Official website of Riihimäki (http://www.riihimaki.fi/)