Kitinen
Kitinen is a river in Finland. It flows for 235 kilometres, making it the fourth longest river in Finland. The river flows through the municipalities of Kittilä, Pelkosenniemi, and Sodankylä in the Finnish region of Lapland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lapland, Finland
- Also known as: “Kitinen River”, “Kitinenjoki”, and “Kittenenjoki”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pelkosenniemi Church.
Pelkosenniemi Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pelkosenniemi Church is situated 3 km south of Kitinen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pelkosenniemi and Kairala.
Pelkosenniemi
Pelkosenniemi is a municipality in central Finnish Lapland. Pyhä-Luosto National Park and Pyhä holiday resort are where most visitors are heading to and where most servicies are.
Kairala
Village
Photo: Petteri.hentila, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kairala is a village of about sixty inhabitants along the Highway 5 in Pelkosenniemi municipality in Lapland, Finland, located about 10 kilometres north of its church village. Kairala is situated 6 km north of Kitinen.
Suvanto
Village
Photo: MattiPaavola, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Suvanto is a village, which is situated 9 km west of Kitinen.
Kitinen
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Kitinen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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
Explore places such as Alaperä and Pelkonen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lapinniemi and Vasaniemi.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Kitinen”. Photo: BishkekRocks, CC BY-SA 3.0.