Kauhajoki
Kauhajoki is a town in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. The parliament was evacuated here during World War II. A notable attraction is the Kauhaneva-Pohjankangas National Park.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Town with 13,000 residents
- Description: town in the region of Southern Ostrobothnia in Finland
- Also known as: “conceyu de Kauhajoki”, “Kauhajoen kaupunki”, “Kauhajoen kunta”, “Kauhajoki (conceyu de Finlandia)”, “Kauhajoki (kaupunki)”, “Kauhajoki (kunta)”, and “Kaukha-Yoki”
- Neighbors: Isojoki, Jalasjärvi, Kankaanpää, Karijoki, Karvia, Kurikka, and Teuva
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kauhajoki City Hall and Sanssi Manor.
Kauhajoki
- Categories: municipality of Finland, city, and locality
- Location: Suupohja, Southern Ostrobothnia, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.4317° or 62° 25′ 54″ north
Longitude
22.1842° or 22° 11′ 3″ east
Population
13,000
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
IATA airport code
KHJ
UN/LOCODE
FI KHJ
Open location code
9GJ4C5JM+MM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Mari—“Kauhajoki” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kauhajoki”
- Asturian: “Kauhajoki”
- Belarusian: “Каўхаёкі”
- Bosnian: “Kauhajoki”
- Catalan: “Kauhajoki”
- Cebuano: “Kauhajoki”
- Chinese: “考哈約基”
- Chinese: “考哈约基”
- Czech: “Kauhajoki”
- Danish: “Kauhajoki”
- Dutch: “Kauhajoki”
- Eastern Mari: “Каухайоки”
- Esperanto: “Kauhajoki”
- Estonian: “Kauhajoki”
- Finnish: “Kauhajoki”
- French: “Kauhajoki”
- Galician: “Kauhajoki”
- Georgian: “კაუჰაიოკი”
- German: “Kauhajoki”
- Greek: “Καουχαγιόκι”
- Hebrew: “קאוהג’וקי”
- Inari Sami: “Kauhajoki”
- Irish: “Kauhajoki”
- Italian: “Kauhajoki”
- Japanese: “カウハヨキ”
- Kildin Sami: “Каухайоки”
- Korean: “카우하요키”
- Lithuanian: “Kauhajokis”
- Lombard: “Kauhajoki”
- Lule Sami: “Kauhajoki”
- Moksha: “Каугайоки”
- Northern Sami: “Kauhajoki”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kauhajoki”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kauhajoki”
- Norwegian: “Kauhajoki”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kauhajoki”
- Persian: “کاوهایوکی”
- Pite Sami: “Kauhajoki”
- Polish: “Kauhajoki”
- Portuguese: “Kauhajoki”
- Romanian: “Kauhajoki”
- Russian: “Каухайоки”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kauhajoki”
- Skolt Sami: “Kauhajoki”
- Slovak: “Kauhajoki”
- Southern Sami: “Kauhajoki”
- Spanish: “Kauhajoki”
- Swedish: “Kauhajoki”
- Tornedalen Finnish: “Kauhajoki”
- Turkish: “Kauhajoki”
- Ukrainian: “Каугайокі”
- Ume Sami: “Kauhajoki”
- Urdu: “کاوہایوکی”
- Uzbek: “Kauhajoki”
- Veps: “Kauhajogi (lidn)”
- Veps: “Kauhajogi”
- Vietnamese: “Kauhajoki”
- Western Mari: “Каухайоки”
- “Kauhajoki”
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Places to explore: Opas and Heinola.
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