For other meanings of Salo see Salo (disambiguation). Salo may refer to: Salo, a town in Lombardia, Italy; Salo, Gabon, a town in Ogooué-Ivindo, Gabon; Salo, Finland, a town in the province of Western Finland; Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma a 1976 Italian film by Pier Paolo Pasolini; Other meanings Saló is a family name...

Salon kaupunki

city in Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Finland Proper
Sub-region	Salo
City manager	Matti Rasila
Official languages	Finnish
Area  - total  - land	ranked 368th 143.82 km² 143.39 km²
Population  - total (2004)  - change  - density	ranked 38th 24,832 + 0.2 % 173.2/km²
Urbanisation	94.5 %
Unemployment rate	9.6 %
http://www.salo.fi/

Salo (IPA: [ˈsɑlo]) is a town and municipality of Finland. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x1449, 168 KB) TO BE USED INSTEAD OF Salo. ... 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. ... Image File history File links Location_of_Salo_in_Finland. ... 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). ... Salo or Salò may refer to: Salò, a town in Lombardy, Italy Salo, Gabon, a town in Ogooué-Ivindo, Gabon Salo, Finland, a town in the province of Western Finland Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, a 1976 Italian film by Pier Paolo Pasolini Other meanings Salo is a... 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. ... This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by area as of 2003: 17321,32 km²: Inari/Enare 12416,81 km²: Sodankylä 8463,59 km²: Enontekiö/Enontekis 8411,79 km²: Kittilä 7915,51 km²: Rovaniemen_mlk/Rovaniemi_lk 6470,65 km²: Savukoski 5878,00 km²: Salla 5865,79 km²: Pudasj... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by population as of 2004: Helsinki (Helsingfors) 557,814 (Helsinki Metropolitan Area 977,091) Espoo (Esbo) 225,858 Tampere (Tammerfors) 201,271 Vantaa (Vanda) 184,956 Turku (Ã…bo) 174,258 Oulu (UleÃ¥borg) 126,122 Lahti (Lahtis) 98,216 Kuopio... Urbanization is the degree of or increase in urban character or nature. ... An 1837 political cartoon about unemployment in the United States. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... 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 24,878 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 143.82 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.43 km² is inland water. The population density is 173.50 inhabitants per km². 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). ... 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 municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Salo has existed as a small town since at least the 16th century, though it was very small and remote (the very name Salo means "uninhabited forest" in Finnish). Although it has long been a center of rural commerce, it wasn't officially incorporated until 1960. Today its main claim to fame is its Nokia cellular phone developing and manufacturing plants. It could be considered as the original home town of Nokia phones. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) is the worlds largest manufacturer of mobile telephones (as of June 2006), with a global market share of approximately 34% in Q2 of 2006[1]. It produces mobile phones for every major market and protocol, including GSM, CDMA, and W-CDMA (UMTS). ...

Sister City

Salo has one sister city:

• St. Anthony, United States of America

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External links

• Official Website
• Satellite photo from May 2002

	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
	Finland Proper | Western Finland | Finland

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