Kainuu
Kainuu is a region in Northern Finland. For practical purposes, the easternmost parts of Northern Ostrobothnia are also included in this article. Natural landscapes are omnipresent – this is the region where people go to see wildlife of the deep forests.
- Region of Finland with about 69,200 residents
- Also known as“Arctic Lakeland”“Kainuu Region”“Kajaani Region”“Kajanaland”
- Neighbors
- Location
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Latitude
64.5° or 64° 30′ north
Longitude
28.5° or 28° 30′ east
Open location code
9GPCGG22+22
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Kainuu” goes by many names.
KainuuAlbanian
ካይኑውAmharic
كاينوArabic
ԿաինուուArmenian
KainuuAsturian
KajanalandAzerbaijani
KaynuuAzerbaijani
KainuuBalinese
KainuuBasque
КайнууBelarusian
কাইনুBengali
KainuuBosnian
KainuuCatalan
KainuuCebuano
凯努区Chinese
凱努區Chinese
卡伊努区Chinese
KainuuCzech
KainuuDanish
KajanalandDanish
KainuuDutch
KajanalandDutch
KainuuEsperanto
KajanalandEsperanto
KainuuEstonian
Kainuu maakondEstonian
KainuuFinnish
Kainuun MaakuntaFinnish
KajanalandFinnish
KainuuGalician
კაინუუGeorgian
ΚαϊνούGreek
કૈનુGujarati
KainuuHausa
קאינוHebrew
केनुउHindi
KainuuHungarian
KainuuIcelandic
Kainuu eennâmkoddeInari Sami
KainuuIndonesian
KajanalandIndonesian
KainuuIrish
KainuuItalian
KajanalandItalian
カイヌー県Japanese
KainuuJavanese
ಕೈನುKannada
КайнууKazakh
Кайнӯ е̄ммьнеконнҍтKildin Sami
КайнууKirghiz
КайнуKomi-Permyak
카이누 지역Korean
SuomiaKainuuGolaKotava
CaianiaLatin
KainūLatvian
KainūLithuanian
KainuuLombard
KainuuLuxembourgish
КаинуMacedonian
KainuuMalay
काइनीMarathi
کاینو ناحیهMazanderani
Kainuu Tōa-khuMin Nan Chinese
KainuuNorthern Frisian
Kainuu eanangoddiNorthern Sami
KajanalandNorwegian
KajanalandNorwegian Bokmål
KajanalandNorwegian Nynorsk
KainuuOccitan (post 1500)
CaġanlandOld English (ca. 450-1100)
KainuuOromo
КайнууOssetian
ਕੈਨੂPanjabi
کاینوPersian
KainuuPolish
کاینووPushto
KainuuRomanian
КайнууRussian
KainuuScots
KajinuSerbian
КајинуSerbian
KainuuSerbo-Croatian
කයිනූSinhala
KainuuSkolt Sami
Kainuu mäddkåʹddSkolt Sami
KainuuSlovak
KainuuSlovenian
KajanalandSlovenian
KainuuSomali
KainuuSwahili
KainuuSwedish
KajanalandSwedish
Landskapet KajanalandSwedish
КайнууTajik
கைனுக்குTamil
КайнууTatar
కైనూTelugu
ไคนูน์Thai
KainuuTurkish
КайнууUkrainian
کاینوUrdu
KainuuUzbek
KainuuVietnamese
کائنوWestern Panjabi
凯努区Wu Chinese
卡伊努Yue Chinese
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