Central Ostrobothnia
Central Ostrobothnia is a region in Finland. Central Ostrobothnia borders the Bothnian Bay and the regions of Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and South Ostrobothnia.Photo: Loukkusaarenneva, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Top destinations include Kokkola and Kannus.
Kokkola
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Kokkola is a town in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland, with a population of 48,000. It's the largest town in the region, with industry based on chemicals and metals. The old wooden town has been well-preserved, and is the main reason to visit.
Kannus
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Kannus is a town and municipality of Finland. It is situated in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 5,246 and covers an area of 470.65 square kilometres, of which 2.41 km2 is water.
Kaustinen
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Kaustinen in Central Ostrobothnia is known for its huge yearly folk music festival. The municipality with some 4,300 inhabitants welcomes thousands of guests during the festival.
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Inland Central Ostrobothnia
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Inland Central Ostrobothnia is a rural area in Central Ostrobothnia, here defined as the municipalities of Halsua, Lestijärvi, Perho and Toholampi.
Central Ostrobothnia
- Type: region of Finland with 67,700 residents
- Description: region of Finland
- Also known as: “Central Ostrobothnia Region”, “Keski-Pohjanmaa”, “Kokkola Region”, and “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Neighbors: Central Finland, Ostrobothnia, and Southern Ostrobothnia
- Location: West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Central Ostrobothnia” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Ostrobothnia Qendrore”
- Amharic: “መካከለኛ ኦስትሮቦቴኒያ”
- Arabic: “بوهيانما الوسطى”
- Armenian: “Կենտրոնական Օստրոբոտնիա”
- Asturian: “Ostrobotnia Central”
- Azerbaijani: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Azerbaijani: “Mərkəzi Ostrobotniya”
- Balinese: “Ostrobothnia Tengah”
- Basque: “Erdialdeko Ostrobotnia”
- Belarusian: “Цэнтральная Астработнія”
- Belarusian: “Цэнтральная Пох’янмаа”
- Bengali: “সেন্ট্রাল অস্ট্রোবোথনিয়া”
- Bosnian: “Centralna Ostrobotnija”
- Catalan: “Ostrobòtnia Central”
- Cebuano: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Chinese: “Tiong Ostrobothnia Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “中博滕”
- Chinese: “中博滕區”
- Chinese: “中波赫扬马区”
- Czech: “Střední Pohjanmaa”
- Danish: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Danish: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Dutch: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Dutch: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Esperanto: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Esperanto: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Esperanto: “Meza Ostrobotnio”
- Estonian: “Kesk-Pohjanmaa maakond”
- Estonian: “Kesk-Pohjanmaa”
- Finnish: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Finnish: “Keski-Pohjanmaan maakunta”
- Finnish: “Keski-Pohjanmaan Maakunta”
- Finnish: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- French: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- French: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- French: “Ostrobotnie centrale”
- French: “Ostrobotnie-Centrale”
- Galician: “Ostrobotnia Central”
- Georgian: “ცენტრალური ოსტრობოტნია”
- German: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- German: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- German: “Mittelösterbotten”
- Greek: “Κεντρική Οστρομποθνία (Σέντραλ Οστρομποθνία)”
- Greek: “Κεντρική Οστρομποθνία”
- Gujarati: “સેન્ટ્રલ ઑસ્ટ્રોબોથનિઆ”
- Hausa: “Tsakiya Ostrobothnia”
- Hebrew: “אוסטרובוטניה המרכזית”
- Hindi: “मध्य ओस्ट्रोबोथनिया”
- Icelandic: “Mið-Austurbotn”
- Inari Sami: “Koskâ-Pohjanmaa eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Koskâ-Pohjanmaa eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Koskâ-Tavepoođâeennâm eennâmkodde”
- Indonesian: “Kotamadya Central”
- Indonesian: “Ostrobothnia Tengah”
- Irish: “Lár na hOstrabóitne”
- Italian: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Italian: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Italian: “Ostrobotnia centrale”
- Italian: “Ostrobotnia Centrale”
- Japanese: “中部ポフヤンマー県”
- Javanese: “Ostrobothnia Tengah”
- Kannada: “ಸೆಂಟ್ರಲ್ ಓಸ್ಟ್ರೊಬೋಥ್ನಿಯಾ”
- Kazakh: “Орталық Остроботния”
- Kirghiz: “Борбордук Остроботния”
- Komi-Permyak: “Кески Похьянма”
- Korean: “중부 포흐얀마 지역”
- Korean: “중앙포흐얀마 지역”
- Latvian: “Viduspohjanmā”
- Lithuanian: “Vidurio Pohjanma”
- Lombard: “Ostrobotnia Centrala”
- Luxembourgish: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Luxembourgish: “Mëttelösterbotten”
- Luxembourgish: “Zentralösterbotten”
- Malay: “Central Ostrobothnia”
- Marathi: “सेंट्रल ओस्ट्रोबॉथनिआ”
- Mazanderani: “میونه اوستروبوتنیا ناحیه”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong Ostrobothnia Tōa-khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Madelösterbotten”
- Northern Sami: “Gaska-Bađaeatnama eanangoddi”
- Northern Sami: “Gaska-Pohjanmaa eanangoddi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Norwegian: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Oromo: “Giddu Ostrobothnia”
- Panjabi: “ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਓਸਟ੍ਰੋਬੋਥਨੀਆ”
- Persian: “اوستروبوتنیای مرکزی”
- Polish: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Polish: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Polish: “Ostrobotnia Środkowa”
- Portuguese: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Portuguese: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Portuguese: “Ostrobótnia Central”
- Pushto: “مرکزي اوستروبوتنيا”
- Romanian: “Ostrobotnia Centrală”
- Russian: “Центральная Остроботния”
- Scots: “Central Ostrobothnie”
- Serbian: “Средишња Остроботнија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Centralna Ostrobotnija”
- Sinhala: “මද්යම ඔස්ට්රෝබොත්නියා”
- Skolt Sami: “Kõskk-Vuâđđmäädd mäddkåʹdd”
- Skolt Sami: “Kõskk-Vuâđđmädd”
- Slovak: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Slovenian: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Slovenian: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Slovenian: “Osrednja Ostrobotnija”
- Somali: “Dhexe Ostrobothnia”
- Spanish: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Spanish: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Spanish: “Ostrobotnia Central”
- Spanish: “Región de Ostrobotnia Central”
- Swahili: “Ostrobothnia Kati”
- Swedish: “Keski-Pohjanmaa”
- Swedish: “Landskapet Mellersta Österbotten”
- Swedish: “Mellersta Österbotten”
- Tajik: “Остроботнияи Марказӣ”
- Tamil: “சென்ட்ரல் ஒஸ்ட்ரோபோதினிற்”
- Tatar: “Үзәк Остроботния”
- Telugu: “సెంట్రల్్ ఓస్ట్రోబోతినా”
- Thai: “เซ็นทรัลออสโตรบอสเนีย”
- Turkish: “Orta Ostrobothnia”
- Turkish: “Orta Ostrobotniya”
- Ukrainian: “Центральна Пог’янмаа”
- Ukrainian: “Центральна Пох’янмаа”
- Urdu: “وسطی اوستروبوثنیہ”
- Uzbek: “Markaziy Ostrobotnia”
- Vietnamese: “Miền Trung Ostrobothnia”
- Vietnamese: “Trung Ostrobothnia”
- Western Panjabi: “وشکارلا اوسٹروبوتھنیا”
- Wu Chinese: “中博滕区”
- Yue Chinese: “中博滕”
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