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| Province | Oulu | ||||
| Region | Kainuu | ||||
| Sub-region | Kajaani | ||||
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2,950. The state of Finland consists of 6 provinces ( Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län) The Province of Oulu is a province of Finland. It borders the provinces of Lapland, Western Finland and Eastern Finland. Finland is divided into 20 regions ( maakunta in Finnish, landskap in Swedish) Kainuu (Kajanaland is a region ( maakunta / landskap) of Finland. In 2005 Finland is divided into 77 sub-regions ( seutukunta in Finnish, ekonomisk region in Swedish) 15 km² 2,649. 69 km² ranked 18th |
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10,701 (2004) 4. This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by Area as of 1st of January 2006: 17333 0 inh. /km² - 0. 1% ranked 94th |
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| Urbanisation | 55. This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by Population as of 31st of December 2005: Helsinki (Helsingfors Urbanizationn (also spelled urbanisation) is the physical growth of Urban areas into rural or natural land as a result of population in-migration to an existing 8% | ||||
| Unemployment | 16. Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work but the person is without work. 7% | ||||
| Official languages | Finnish | ||||
| Municipal manager | Jari Tolonen | ||||
| Home page | http://www.sotkamo.fi/ | ||||
Sotkamo is a municipality of Finland, located in the province of Oulu and the Kainuu region. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a City, in a council-manager form of city government ||-||}The municipalities ( kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The state of Finland consists of 6 provinces ( Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län) The Province of Oulu is a province of Finland. It borders the provinces of Lapland, Western Finland and Eastern Finland. Kainuu (Kajanaland is a region ( maakunta / landskap) of Finland. Finland is divided into 20 regions ( maakunta in Finnish, landskap in Swedish) The municipality has a population of 10,852 (2005) and covers an area of 2,950. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 15 km² of which 300. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 46 km² is water. The population density is 4. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 0 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside
Vuokatti, west of Sotkamo, is a popular skiing resort. The Hiidenportti National Park is located in the municipality. Hiidenportti National Park ( Hiidenportin kansallispuisto) is a National park in Oulu Province, Finland.
In sports, Sotkamo is known for its Finnish baseball team, Sotkamon Jymy. Pesäpallo (Boboll also referred to as " Finnish baseball " is a fast-moving Ball Sport that's quite often referred to as the national sport
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History
Sotkamo has grown beside a water route formed by a continuous band of lakes and rivers. Half of the water runs to the White Sea and the other half to the Baltic Sea. The White Sea (Бе́лое мо́ре Vienanmeri is an Inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia. The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. The so called "Sotkamo route" was one of the most important commercial water routes in the past. It made it possible for the Russians to navigate their commercial vessels through a curly and labyrinth-like water route deep from the Russian inland all the way to the Baltic Sea. The same water route has been used by soldiers of Russia, Sweden and Denmark to rob and ravage this remote countryside for centuries. The name Sotkamo comes either from the Finnish word "sotku" which means a mess and refers to the obscure water route or from the word "sotka" which was a general name for water birds in ancient Finnish. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside
During the 19th century Sotkamo was visited by notable Finnish artists such as Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Hugo Simberg. Akseli Gallen-Kallela ( April 26 1865 &ndash March 7 1931)was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations Hugo Simberg ( June 24 1873, Hamina - July 12 1917, Ähtäri) was a Finnish symbolist painter and
2007
On November 17th 2007 first pictures of the Kern arc were made in the town of Sotkamo by Marko Mikkilä. The Kern arc is the extremely rare atmospheric Optical phenomenon related to the Circumzenithal arc.
Economy
Beside tourism, mining is important for the economy of Sotkamo. Mondo Minerals Oy mines talc in Lahnaslampi and the biggest unutilized nickel deposit in Europe is in Talvivaara. Talc (derived from the Persian via Arabic talq) is a Mineral composed of Hydrated Magnesium Silicate with Nickel (ˈnɪkəl is a metallic Chemical element with the symbol Ni and Atomic number 28 There are plans to utilize it in the near future.
Famous people from Sotkamo
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