Kokkola

Kokkola is a town in , 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.
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Photo: Zunter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
  • Type: City with 48,400 residents
  • Description: town in the region of Central Ostrobothnia in Finland
  • Also known as: “Gamla-Kargabyu”, “Gamla-Karlabyu”, “Gamlakarleby”, and “Karleby”
  • Historically known as: “Gamla-Kergabyu”
  • Neighbors: , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kokkola railway station and Kokkola Old Town Hall.

Railway station
Photo: Jukka68, Public domain.
is located in the town of Kokkola, , . The railway to Kokkola was completed in 1885 and further to in 1886. is located 133 kilometres away from Kokkola.

Theater building
Photo: Zunter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a theater building.

Museum
Photo: Jukka68, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mäntykangas.

Suburb
Photo: Jukka68, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Kokkola

Latitude
63.8391° or 63° 50′ 21″ north
Longitude
23.1337° or 23° 8′ 1″ east
Population
48,400
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
IATA airport code
KOK
United Nations Location Code
FI KOK
Open location code
9GM5R4QM+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30969528
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
651943
Wiki­data ID
Q207891
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Kokkola” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kokkola”
  • Arabic: “كوكولا”
  • Armenian: “Կոկկոլա”
  • Armenian: “Կոկոլա”
  • Asturian: “conceyu de Kokkola”
  • Asturian: “Kokkola (conceyu de Finlandia)”
  • Asturian: “Kokkola”
  • Belarusian: “Кокала”
  • Catalan: “Gamlakarleby”
  • Catalan: “Karleby”
  • Catalan: “Kokkola”
  • Cebuano: “Kokkola”
  • Chinese: “哥哥拉”
  • Chinese: “科科拉”
  • Cornish: “Kokkola”
  • Czech: “Kokkola”
  • Danish: “Gamlakarleby”
  • Danish: “Karleby”
  • Danish: “Kokkola”
  • Dutch: “Gamlakarleby”
  • Dutch: “Karleby”
  • Dutch: “Kokkola”
  • Eastern Mari: “Коккола”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوكولا”
  • Esperanto: “Gamlakarleby”
  • Esperanto: “Karleby”
  • Esperanto: “Kokkola”
  • Estonian: “Karleby”
  • Estonian: “Kokkola linn”
  • Estonian: “Kokkola”
  • Finnish: “Gamla Carleby”
  • Finnish: “Gamlakarleby”
  • Finnish: “Karleby”
  • Finnish: “Kokkola”
  • Finnish: “Kokkolan kaupunki”
  • Finnish: “Vanha Kaarlepyy”
  • Finnish: “Vanhakaarlepyy”
  • French: “Gamlakarleby”
  • French: “Karleby”
  • French: “Kokkola”
  • Galician: “Kokkola”
  • German: “Gamlakarleby”
  • German: “Karleby”
  • German: “Kokkola”
  • Greek: “Κόκκολα”
  • Hebrew: “קוקולה”
  • Hungarian: “Kokkola”
  • Icelandic: “Kokkola”
  • Inari Sami: “Kokkola”
  • Indonesian: “Kokkola”
  • Irish: “Kokkola”
  • Italian: “Gamlakarleby”
  • Italian: “Karleby”
  • Italian: “Kokkola”
  • Japanese: “コッコラ”
  • Kalaallisut: “Kokkola”
  • Kildin Sami: “Коккола”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Коккола”
  • Korean: “코콜라”
  • Latin: “Carolina antiqua”
  • Latin: “Carolina Vetus”
  • Latin: “Karlabi”
  • Latin: “Karleby”
  • Latin: “Kokkola”
  • Latvian: “Gamlakarleby”
  • Latvian: “Karleby”
  • Latvian: “Kokola”
  • Lithuanian: “Gamlakarleby”
  • Lithuanian: “Karleby”
  • Lithuanian: “Kokola”
  • Livvi: “Kokkola”
  • Lombard: “Kokkola”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kokkola”
  • Moksha: “Коккола”
  • Nauru: “Kokkola”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kokkola”
  • Northern Sami: “Kokkola”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamlakarleby”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karleby”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kokkola”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gamlakarleby”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karleby”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kokkola”
  • Norwegian: “Karleby”
  • Persian: “کوکولا”
  • Polish: “Karleby”
  • Polish: “Kokkola”
  • Portuguese: “Kokkola”
  • Romanian: “Kokkola”
  • Russian: “Коккола”
  • Samogitian: “Kokkola”
  • Samogitian: “Kokola”
  • Scots: “Kokkola”
  • Serbian: “Kokkola”
  • Serbian: “Kokola”
  • Serbian: “Кокола”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kokkola”
  • Silesian: “Kokkola”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kokkola”
  • Slovak: “Kokkola”
  • Slovenian: “Kokkola”
  • Spanish: “Gamlakarleby”
  • Spanish: “Karleby”
  • Spanish: “Kokkola”
  • Swedish: “Gamla Carleby”
  • Swedish: “Gamlakarleby stad”
  • Swedish: “Gamlakarleby” (historical)
  • Swedish: “Karleby stad”
  • Swedish: “Karleby”
  • Swedish: “Kokkola”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Kokkola”
  • Turkish: “Kokkola”
  • Ukrainian: “Коккола”
  • Urdu: “کوکولا”
  • Uzbek: “Kokkola”
  • Veps: “Kokkol”
  • Welsh: “Kokkola”
  • Western Frisian: “Kokkola”
  • Western Mari: “Коккола”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوکولا”
  • Wu Chinese: “科科拉”
  • Yue Chinese: “哥哥拉”
  • “Kokkola”
  • “Kokola”

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