Kajaani
Kajaani is a town and municipality in Finland and the administrative capital of the Kainuu region. It lies south-east of Oulujärvi, which drains to the Gulf of Bothnia along Oulujoki.
- Type: Town with 36,500 residents
- Description: town in the region of Kainuu in Finland
- Also known as: “Kajana”, “Kajauni”, “Kayani”, “Kjana”, “Knyaaani”, and “Knyaani”
- Neighbors: Paltamo, Pyhäntä, Siikalatva, Sonkajärvi, Sotkamo, Vaala, and Vieremä
Photo: Estormiz, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kajaani railway station and Kajaani Castle.
Kajaani railway station
Railway station
Photo: TeVe, Public domain.Kajaani Castle
Ruins
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Teppana.
Kajaani
- Categories: municipality of Finland, city, and locality
- Location: Kajaani, Kainuu, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.2247° or 64° 13′ 29″ north
Longitude
27.7339° or 27° 44′ 2″ east
Population
36,500
Elevation
145 metres (476 feet)
IATA airport code
KAJ
United Nations Location Code
FI KAJ
Open location code
9GP96PFM+VH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Kajaani from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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: “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”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Caġanburh”
- 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”
- Slovak: “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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