Haukipudas
Municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Haukipudas is a town and former municipality of Finland. It was located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Its shore runs along the Gulf of Bothnia, with the river Kiiminkijoki running through the province. Along with Kiiminki, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013.
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Haukipudas | |
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Municipality | |
Haukiputaan kunta Haukipudas kommun | |
Coordinates: 65°11′N 025°21′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Northern Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Oulu sub-region |
Charter | 1866 |
Government | |
• Municipality manager | Jarmo Ronkainen |
Area | |
• Total | 1,023.62 km2 (395.22 sq mi) |
• Land | 798.67 km2 (308.37 sq mi) |
• Water | 224.95 km2 (86.85 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Total | 19,053 |
• Density | 19/km2 (48/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www.haukipudas.fi |
The municipality had a population of 19,053 (31 December 2012)[2] and covered an area of 1,023.62 km2 (395.22 sq mi) of which 224.95 km2 (86.85 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 23.8559/km2 (61.7865/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[3]
There were 16 villages in Haukipudas: Kirkonkylä, Santaholma, Ukonkaivos, Martinniemi, Asemakylä, Onkamo, Halosenniemi, Holstinmäki, Häyrysenniemi, Jokikylä, Kalimeenkylä, Kello, Kiviniemi, Parkumäki, Takkuranta and Virpiniemi.
The educational department took part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.