Kitinen

Kitinen is a river in . It flows for 235 kilometres, making it the fourth longest river in Finland. The river flows through the municipalities of , , and in the Finnish region of .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Lapland, Finland
  • Also known as: “Kitinen River”, “Kitinenjoki”, and “Kittenenjoki”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pelkosenniemi Church.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is situated 3 km south of Kitinen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pelkosenniemi and Kairala.

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is a municipality in central…

Village
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is a of about sixty inhabitants along… is situated 6 km north of Kitinen.

Village
Photo: MattiPaavola, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 9 km west of Kitinen.

Kitinen

Latitude
67.13473° or 67° 8′ 5″ north
Longitude
27.49254° or 27° 29′ 33″ east
Elevation
165 metres (541 feet)
Open location code
9GV94FMV+V2
Geo­Names ID
652611
Wiki­data ID
Q1743887
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Uzbek—“Kitinen” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Kitinen”
  • Basque: “Kitinen”
  • Bulgarian: “Китинен”
  • Cebuano: “Kitinen”
  • Chinese: “基蒂宁河”
  • Croatian: “Kitinen”
  • Czech: “Kitinen”
  • Danish: “Kitinen”
  • Dutch: “Kitinen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كيتينين”
  • Finnish: “Kitinen”
  • French: “Kitinen”
  • German: “Kitinen”
  • Irish: “Kitinen”
  • Italian: “Kitinen”
  • Japanese: “キティネン川”
  • Latvian: “Kitinena”
  • Lithuanian: “Kitinenas”
  • Macedonian: “Китинен”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kitinen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kitinen”
  • Norwegian: “Kitinen”
  • Persian: “کیتینن”
  • Polish: “Kitinen”
  • Slovenian: “Kitinen”
  • Swedish: “Kitinen”
  • Turkish: “Kitinen Nehri”
  • Turkish: “Kitinen”
  • Uzbek: “Kitinen”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Alaperä and Pelkonen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Lapinniemi and Vasaniemi.

Finnish Lapland: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Rovaniemi and Kemi.

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