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Hamina
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Hamina (; , , Sweden ) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located approximately east of the country's capital Helsinki, in the Kymenlaakso region, and formerly the province of Southern Finland. The municipality's population is (as of ) and covers an area of , of which is water. The population density is . The population of the central town is approximately 10,000. The municipal language of Hamina is Finnish.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hamina
- Settlement.other_name
- Fredrikshamn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Hamina montage.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise from top-left: St. Mary's Church, the Reserve Officer School, the countryside of Husula neighbourhood, a view from the Sailor Pavilion towards Tervasaari and the historical Town Hall.
- Settlement.image_flag
- Hamina.lippu.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x70px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Hamina.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Hamina sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Hamina in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kymenlaakso
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kotka-Hamina
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Vehkalahden Uusikaupunki
- Demonym
- هَامِنِيٌّ
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Viipuri Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 19113
- Area
- 545.26
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Virolahti
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Follows
- Vehkalahti
- Official website
- www.hamina.fi/en
- Image
- Haminan raatihuone.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hamina
- topic's main category
- Category:Hamina
- twinned administrative body
- Røros Municipality
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hamina
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Hamina
- inception
- 1653-01-01
- associated electoral district
- Southeast Finland
- P8168
- Johann Freinsheim
- different from
- Hamina
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Kotka-Hamina sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=75
- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notable people
- See also
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Hamina (; , , Sweden ) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located approximately east of the country's capital Helsinki, in the Kymenlaakso region, and formerly the province of Southern Finland. The municipality's population is (as of ) and covers an area of , of which is water. The population density is . The population of the central town is approximately 10,000. The municipal language of Hamina is Finnish.
Highway 7 (E18) is the town's road connection to Helsinki, after it was upgraded to a continuous motorway in September 2014. Hamina is also the base of one of the most important harbors of Finland, the Port of Hamina-Kotka. The port specializes in forest products and the transit of cargo to Russia. One of Google's five European data centers is situated in Hamina.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hamina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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