Sokoja
Sokoja is a settlement in the municipality of Kokkola, in the province of Western Finland. Sokoja has a population of 900 and covers an area 40 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: city or town or population center in Kokkola, Finland
- Also known as: “Såka”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nedervetil and Kronoby.
Nedervetil
Town
Photo: U921, Public domain.
Nedervetil is a former municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is now part of Kronoby municipality. It has given its Finnish name to Alaveteli, open source software to help in Freedom of Information enquiries, because Anders Chydenius, an early proponent of freedom of the press, lived and worked as a curate in this area for some years. Nedervetil is situated 8 km southeast of Sokoja.
Kronoby
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kronoby is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia. Nedervetil and Terjärv are part of the municipality since 1969.
Mäntykangas
Suburb
Photo: Jukka68, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mäntykangas is a suburb, which is situated 10 km northwest of Sokoja.
Sokoja
- Categories: city or town or population center, village in Finland, and locality
- Location: Kokkola, Kokkola, Central Ostrobothnia, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
63.76085° or 63° 45′ 39″ northLongitude
23.19988° or 23° 11′ 60″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
9GM5Q56X+8XOpenStreetMap ID
node 269871686OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Sokoja” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Sokoja”
- Swedish: “Såka”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sokoja”. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.