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Central Ostrobothnia
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region of Finland
Central Ostrobothnia is a region located in Finland. It matters as one of Finland's administrative divisions, serving as an important part of the country's regional organization.
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Official website
Keski-Pohjanmaan liitto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Finland
- Official name
- Keski-Pohjanmaa
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Finland
- Capital
- Kokkola
- Population
- 67498
- Area
- 5219.58
- Shares border with
- Ostrobothnia
- Official website
- www.keski-pohjanmaa.fi
- Image
- Salamajärven kansallispuistoa..jpg
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- Commons category
- Central Ostrobothnia
- inception
- 1994-01-01
- native label
- Mellersta Österbotten
- topic's main category
- Category:Central Ostrobothnia
- different from
- Ostrobothnia
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Central Ostrobothnia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Central Ostrobothnia
- official symbol
- Lestijärvi
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +358-40-160-5700
- P11012
- Uttarakhand
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Encyclopedic overview
Central Ostrobothnia (Finnish: Keski-Pohjanmaa; Swedish: Mellersta Österbotten) is a region in Finland. Central Ostrobothnia borders the Bothnian Bay and the regions of Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and South Ostrobothnia. The regional bird of Central Ostrobothnia is the Eurasian skylark, the regional stone is Gneiss, the regional lake is Lake Lestijärvi, the regional fish is European whitefish. The capital and largest city of the region is Kokkola.
Central Ostrobothnia has an area of 6,462.93 km, of which 5,019.98 km² is land area. Central Ostrobothnia, including the sea areas, is the smallest province in mainland Finland in terms of population and total area, and the second smallest province in Finland after Åland. However, if you count the land area alone, Kymenlaakso is smaller than Central Ostrobothnia.
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