Himanka

Kalajoki is a coastal town of 12,000 in the 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 3,140 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 14 metres (46 feet)
  • Description: former municipality of Finland, now part of Kalajoki
  • Also known as
    “Himango”
    “Rauma”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Himanka Church and Belfry in Himanka Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lohtaja.
is a former municipality of . is situated 8 km southwest of Himanka.

Himanka

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Latitude
64.06218° or 64° 3′ 44″ north
Longitude
23.65447° or 23° 39′ 16″ east
UN/LOCODE
FI HIM
Open location code
9GP53M63+VQ
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Himanka” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Химанка”
  • Catalan: “Himanka”
  • Cebuano: “Himanka”
  • Chinese: “希芒卡”
  • Danish: “Himango”
  • Danish: “Himanka”
  • Dutch: “Himango”
  • Dutch: “Himanka”
  • Esperanto: “Himango”
  • Esperanto: “Himanka”
  • Estonian: “Himanka vald”
  • Estonian: “Himanka”
  • Finnish: “Himangan kunta”
  • Finnish: “Himango”
  • Finnish: “Himanka (kunta)”
  • Finnish: “Himanka”
  • Finnish: “Kannuskylä”
  • Finnish: “Kokko-treffen”
  • Finnish: “Rauma”
  • Finnish: “Rautila”
  • Finnish: “Roima”
  • Finnish: “Sautinkari”
  • Finnish: “Tomujoki”
  • French: “Himango”
  • French: “Himanka”
  • German: “Himango”
  • German: “Himanka”
  • Icelandic: “Himango”
  • Inari Sami: “Himanka”
  • Irish: “Himanka”
  • Italian: “Himango”
  • Italian: “Himanka”
  • Northern Sami: “Himanka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Himango”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Himanka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Himango”
  • Norwegian: “Himango”
  • Norwegian: “Himanka”
  • Portuguese: “Himango”
  • Portuguese: “Himanka”
  • Romanian: “Himanka”
  • Russian: “Химанка”
  • Skolt Sami: “Himanka”
  • Slovak: “Himanka”
  • Spanish: “Himango”
  • Spanish: “Himanka”
  • Swedish: “Himango kommun”
  • Swedish: “Himango”
  • Swedish: “Himanka”
  • Swedish: “Rauma”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіманка”
  • Urdu: “ہیمانکا”
  • Uzbek: “Himanka”

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