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Salo

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Also known as Salo (Finland)

town in the region of Southwest Finland, Finland

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Official name
Salon kaupunki
Country
Finland
Official language
Finnish
Population
51056
Area
180.84
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Shares border with
Sauvo
Follows
Särkisalo
Official website
salo.fi
Image
Koski powerhouse Perniö Salo Finland seen from wooden bridge.jpg
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Commons gallery
Salo
associated electoral district
Varsinais-Suomi
twinned administrative body
Vennesla
Commons category
Salo
topic's main category
Category:Salo, Finland
category for people born here
Category:Births in Salo
category of associated people
Category:People from Salo, Finland
native label
Salo
inception
1887-01-01
different from
Salo sub-region
located in the statistical territorial entity
Salo sub-region
writing system
Latin script
email address
mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview

Salo ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑlo]) is a city in Finland, located in the southwestern interior of the country. The population of Salo is approximately 50,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 59,000. It is the 20th most populous municipality in Finland, and the 24th most populous urban area in the country.

Salo is located in the Southwest Finland. Salo covers an area of 2,168.30 square kilometres (837.19 sq mi) of which 181.78 km (70.19 sq mi) is water. The population density is 25.33/km (65.6/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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

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