Hamina

Also known as Fredrikshamn, Hamina (Finland)

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

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections

Contents

History
Main sights
Churches
Sports
Twin towns
Notable people
See also
References
External links

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.