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Kauhajoki

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Kauhajoki (; “Scoop River”) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the South Ostrobothnia region, southwest of the city of Seinäjoki. The population of Kauhajoki is () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is . The town is unilingually Finnish.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Kauhajoki
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Kauhajoen kaupungintalo.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Kauhajoki Town Hall
Settlement.image_shield
Kauhajoki.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size
120x80px
Settlement.image_map
Kauhajoki sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Kauhajoki in Finland
Settlement.mapframe
yes
Settlement.mapframe marker
city
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
South Ostrobothnia
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Suupohja
Settlement.leader_title
Town manager
Settlement.leader_name
Niku Latva-Pukkila
Settlement.established_title
Charter

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Official name
Kauhajoen kaupunki
Country
Finland
Located in
Vaasa Province
Official language
Finnish
Population
14444
Area
16.55
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Shares border with
Kankaanpää
Official website
kauhajoki.fi
Image
Kauhajoki Church, Finland2.jpg
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Commons category
Kauhajoki
topic's main category
Category:Kauhajoki
category for people born here
Category:Births in Kauhajoki
category of associated people
Category:People from Kauhajoki
associated electoral district
Vaasa
located in the statistical territorial entity
Suupohja
postal code
61804
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Kauhajoki (; “Scoop River”) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the South Ostrobothnia region, southwest of the city of Seinäjoki. The population of Kauhajoki is () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is . The town is unilingually Finnish.

The neighboring municipalities of Kauhajoki are Isojoki in the southwest, Kankaanpää in the south, Karijoki in the west, Karvia in the southeast, Kurikka in the north and Teuva in the west. Kauhajoki is the center of the Suupohja sub-region.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kauhajoki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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