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Explore Kotka in Finland
Kotka in the region of Province of Western Finland is a town in Finland - some 256 mi or ( 412 km ) North of Helsinki , the country's capital city .
Current time in Kotka is now 06:14 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Helsinki " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Ylivieska, Vitick, Viitavesi, Turku, and Tampere. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Ylivieska . Where to go and what to see in Kotka ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Interesting facts about this location
Kälviä
Kälviä is a former municipality of Finland. Kälviä was consolidated with the city of Kokkola on 2009-01-01. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The former municipality had a population of 4,475 (2003) and covered an area of 682.36 km² (263.46 mi²) of which 14.68 km² (5.67 mi²) was water. The population density was 6.6 inhabitants per square kilometer (17.1/mi²). The former municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Located at 63.86 23.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Såka
The Saka were a Scythian tribe or group of tribes of Iranian origin. Greek and Latin texts suggest that the term Scythians referred to Iranic tribes from the much more extensive region of Scythia, which included parts of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Located at 63.76 23.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Nedervetil
Nedervetil is a former municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is now part of Kronoby municipality. It has given its Finnish name to Alaveteli, open source software to help in Freedom of Information enquiries, because Anders Chydenius (1729–1803), an early proponent of freedom of the press, lived and worked as a curate in this area for some years.
Located at 63.70 23.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Related Locations
- Koukkela (Province of Western Finland)
- Koukkari (Province of Western Finland)
- Koukjarvi (Province of Southern Finland)
- Kouki (Province of Southern Finland)
- Kotojarvi (Province of Southern Finland)
- Kotkatvesi (Province of Eastern Finland)
- Kotkaniemi (Province of Southern Finland)
- Kotkajarvi (Province of Southern Finland)
Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.