Kalajoki
Kalajoki is a coastal town of 12,000 in the Western Oulu region in southern Northern Ostrobothnia. The town is best known for its kilometres-long sand dune area, the Hiekkasärkät, which has been developed as a holiday resort since the 1970s.- Locality with about 12,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (120 feet)
- …is also known as “208”
- Location
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Latitude
64.1641° or 64° 9′ 51″ north
Longitude
23.9567° or 23° 57′ 24″ east
Open location code
9GP55X74+JM
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Kalajoki” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Kalajoen Kaupunki”
- Finnish: “Kalajoki”
- Swedish: “Kalajoki”
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