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Kajaani

Kajaani

Kajaani is a town and municipality in and the administrative capital of the region. It lies south-east of Oulujärvi, which drains to the Gulf of Bothnia along Oulujoki.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kajaani railway station and Kainuu Museum.

Railway station
Photo: TeVe, Public domain.
The was built from 1904 to 1905, when the railway from to Kajaani was completed as an extension to the Savonia railway.

Museum
Photo: Santtu37, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
Photo: Estormiz, Public domain.
is a church in Kajaani, . It was built in 1896 in the Neo-Gothic style by architect Jac Ahrenberg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Teppana.

Suburb
Photo: Kajaanifoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb.

Kajaani

Latitude
64.2247° or 64° 13′ 29″ north
Longitude
27.7339° or 27° 44′ 2″ east
Population
36,500
Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)
Open location code
9GP96PFM+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30969525
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
654901
Wiki­data ID
Q193180
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Kajaani” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kajaani”
  • Arabic: “كايآني”
  • Arabic: “كاياني”
  • Armenian: “Կայաանի”
  • Asturian: “conceyu de Kajaani”
  • Asturian: “Kajaani (conceyu de Finlandia)”
  • Asturian: “Kajaani”
  • Basque: “Kajaani”
  • Belarusian: “Каяні”
  • Catalan: “Kajaani”
  • Catalan: “Kajana”
  • Cebuano: “Kajaani”
  • Chinese: “卡也尼”
  • Chinese: “卡亚尼”
  • Chinese: “卡亞尼”
  • Cornish: “Kajaani”
  • Czech: “Kajaani”
  • Danish: “Kajaani”
  • Danish: “Kajana”
  • Dutch: “Kajaani”
  • Dutch: “Kajana”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كايآنى”
  • Esperanto: “Kajaani”
  • Esperanto: “Kajana”
  • Estonian: “Kajaani linn”
  • Estonian: “Kajaani”
  • Finnish: “Kajaani”
  • Finnish: “Kajaanin kaupunki”
  • Finnish: “Kajaanin Kaupunki”
  • Finnish: “Kajana”
  • French: “Kajaani”
  • French: “Kajana”
  • Galician: “Kajaani”
  • Georgian: “კაიაანი”
  • German: “Kajaani”
  • German: “Kajana”
  • Greek: “Καγιάανι”
  • Greek: “Καγιάνα”
  • Hebrew: “קאיאני”
  • Hungarian: “Kajaani”
  • Inari Sami: “Kaajaan”
  • Indonesian: “Kajaani”
  • Irish: “Kajaani”
  • Italian: “Kajaani”
  • Italian: “Kajana”
  • Japanese: “カヤーニ”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Каяни”
  • Korean: “카야니”
  • Kotava: “Kajaani”
  • Latin: “Caianeburgum”
  • Latin: “Kajaani”
  • Latin: “Kajana”
  • Latvian: “Kajana”
  • Latvian: “Kajāni”
  • Lithuanian: “Kajana”
  • Lithuanian: “Kajanis”
  • Lombard: “Kajaani”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kajaani”
  • Moksha: “Каяани”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kajaani”
  • Northern Sami: “Kajaani”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kajaani”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kajana”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kajaani”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kajana”
  • Norwegian: “Kajana”
  • Persian: “کایانی”
  • Polish: “Kajaani”
  • Portuguese: “Kajaani”
  • Romanian: “Kajaani”
  • Russian: “Каяани”
  • Russian: “Каяни”
  • Scots: “Kajaani”
  • Serbian: “Kajaani”
  • Serbian: “Kajani”
  • Serbian: “Кајани”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kajaani”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kajaan”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kajaani”
  • Slovenian: “Kajaani”
  • Spanish: “Kajaani”
  • Spanish: “Kajana”
  • Swedish: “Kajaani”
  • Swedish: “Kajana”
  • Turkish: “Kajaani”
  • Ukrainian: “Каяані”
  • Urdu: “کایانی”
  • Veps: “Kajani”
  • Vietnamese: “Kajaani”
  • Vietnamese: “Kajana”
  • Volapük: “Kajaani”
  • Western Mari: “Каяани”
  • Western Panjabi: “کاجآنی”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡也尼”
  • “Kajaani”

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