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Tuupovaara

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Also known as Kovero

Tuupovaara (Kovero until 1913) is a former municipality of Finland, located in the province of North Karelia. It was consolidated, together with Kiihtelysvaara, into the municipality of Joensuu on January 1, 2005. The municipality had a population of 2,217 (2004) and covered an area of 661.34 km2 of which 56.55 km2 is water. The population density was 3.7 inhabitants per km2.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Tuupovaara
Settlement.settlement_type
Former town
Settlement.image_shield
Tuupovaara.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.image_map
Tuupovaara.sijainti.suomi.svg
Settlement.mapsize
150px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Tuupovaara in Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
North Karelia
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
1910
Settlement.area_total_km2
661.34
Settlement.area_land_km2
604.79
Settlement.area_water_km2
56.55
Settlement.population_as_of
2004
Settlement.population_total
2217
Settlement.demographics1_info1
%

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Encyclopedic overview

Tuupovaara (Kovero until 1913) is a former municipality of Finland, located in the province of North Karelia. It was consolidated, together with Kiihtelysvaara, into the municipality of Joensuu on January 1, 2005. The municipality had a population of 2,217 (2004) and covered an area of 661.34 km2 of which 56.55 km2 is water. The population density was 3.7 inhabitants per km2.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

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

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