Kotka

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Kotkan kaupunki
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CityKotka (1878)
Administrative ProvinceSouthern Finland
RegionKymenlaakso
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

750 km²
272 km²
478 km²
Population
Density
54,759 (2005)
204/km²

Kotka (finnish Eagle) is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 54,204 (2005) and covers an area of 750 km² of which 478 km² is water. The population density is 204 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Other meanings

Kotka (котка) means a 'cat' in Bulgarian.

External links


Municipalities of Kymenlaakso
Anjalankoski | Elimäki | Hamina | Iitti | Jaala | Kotka | Kouvola | Kuusankoski | Miehikkälä | Pyhtää | Valkeala | Virolahti
Kymenlaakso | Southern Finland | Finland
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