Vaasa

Vaasa is the capital of the administrative region , Western Finland. The surrounding municipality of Korsholm is also handled in this article.
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  • Type: City with 71,100 residents
  • Description: city in the region of Ostrobothnia in Finland
  • Also known as: Mussor”, “Mustasaari”, “Nikolainkaupunki”, “Nikolaistad”, “Vasa”, and “Wasa
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vaasa Central Hospital and Ostrobothnian Museum.

Hospital
is a public hospital in Vaasa, Finland managed by Ostrobothnia wellbeing services county. The hospital operates an emergency department, intensive care unit, maternity ward, paediatric clinic, and various other specialised departments.

Museum
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The is a provincial museum of cultural history, which also serves as provincial art museum and a museum of natural science. The museum building, designed by Eino Forsman in 1927, and the museum’s exhibition wing, planned by architect Erik Kråkström in 1967 are located next to the Marianpuisto park in central Vaasa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hietalahti and Vöyrinkaupunki.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the city of Vaasa, . The neighbourhood officially consists of two subdivisions, 9th and 10th districts, of Vaasa.

Suburb
is a suburb.

Suburb
is a Finnish island in the Gulf of Bothnia, immediately in front of the city centre of Vaasa, . It is connected to the mainland by the road and rail bridge, and has a surface area of 2.5 square kilometres.

Vaasa

Latitude
63.0958° or 63° 5′ 45″ north
Longitude
21.6159° or 21° 36′ 57″ east
Population
71,100
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
IATA airport code
VAA
United Nations Location Code
FI VAA
Open location code
9GM33JW8+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1637607582
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
632978
Wiki­data ID
Q125080
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Vaasa” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Vaasa
  • Arabic: فآسا
  • Armenian: Վաասա
  • Asturian: conceyu de Vaasa
  • Asturian: Vaasa (conceyu de Finlandia)
  • Asturian: Vaasa
  • Basque: Vaasa
  • Belarusian: Вааса
  • Belarusian: Васа (горад)
  • Belarusian: Васа
  • Belarusian: Ва́са
  • Bengali: ভাসা
  • Catalan: Vaasa
  • Cebuano: Vaasa
  • Chechen: Вааса
  • Chinese: 瓦萨
  • Chinese: 瓦薩
  • Chinese: 華沙
  • Chuvash: Вааса
  • Cornish: Vaasa
  • Croatian: Vaasa
  • Czech: Vaasa
  • Danish: Vaasa
  • Danish: Vasa
  • Dutch: Vaasa
  • Eastern Mari: Вааса
  • Egyptian Arabic: فآسا
  • Esperanto: Vaasa
  • Estonian: Vaasa
  • Finnish: Mussor
  • Finnish: Mustasaari
  • Finnish: Nikolainkaupunki” (historical)
  • Finnish: Nikolaistad
  • Finnish: Vaasa
  • Finnish: Vaasan kaupunki
  • Finnish: Vasa
  • Finnish: Wasa
  • French: Mustasaari
  • French: Nikolainkaupunki
  • French: Vaasa
  • French: Wasa
  • Galician: Vaasa
  • Georgian: ვაალა
  • Georgian: ვაასა
  • German: Mussor
  • German: Mustasaari
  • German: Nikolainkaupunki
  • German: Nikolaistad
  • German: Vaasa
  • German: Vasa
  • German: Wasa
  • Greek: Βάασα
  • Gujarati: વાસા
  • Hausa: Vaasa
  • Hebrew: ואסה
  • Hindi: वासा
  • Hungarian: Vaasa
  • Icelandic: Vaasa
  • Icelandic: Vasa
  • Inari Sami: Vaasa
  • Indonesian: Vaasa
  • Interlingue: Vaasa
  • Irish: Vaasa
  • Italian: Vaasa
  • Japanese: ヴァーサ
  • Kalaallisut: Vaasa
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: Ȟymmerako fooros
  • Kannada: ವಾಸಾ
  • Komi-Permyak: Васа
  • Korean: 바사
  • Kurdish: Vaasa
  • Latin: Vaasa
  • Latvian: Vāsa
  • Lithuanian: Vasa
  • Livvi: Vaasa
  • Lombard: Vaasa
  • Luxembourgish: Vaasa
  • Macedonian: Васа
  • Malagasy: Vaasa
  • Malay: Vaasa
  • Maori: Vaasa
  • Marathi: वासा
  • Moksha: Вааса
  • Northern Frisian: Vaasa
  • Northern Sami: Vaasa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vaasa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vasa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vaasa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vasa
  • Norwegian: Vasa
  • Ossetian: Ваасæ
  • Persian: واسا
  • Polish: Vaasa
  • Portuguese: Vaasa
  • Romanian: Vaasa
  • Russian: Вааса
  • Russian: Ваза
  • Russian: Васа
  • Russian: Николаинкаупунки
  • Russian: Николайстад
  • Russian: Николайстадт
  • Russian: Николайштадт
  • Samogitian: Vaasa
  • Scots: Vaasa
  • Serbian: Васа
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vaasa
  • Silesian: Vaasa
  • Sinhala: වාසා
  • Skolt Sami: Vaasa
  • Slovenian: Nikolainkaupunki
  • Slovenian: Nikolaistad
  • Slovenian: Vaasa
  • Slovenian: Vasa
  • Spanish: Vaasa
  • Swedish: Mussor
  • Swedish: Mustasaari
  • Swedish: Nikolainkaupunki
  • Swedish: Nikolaistad” (historical)
  • Swedish: Vaasa
  • Swedish: Vasa
  • Swedish: Wasa” (historical)
  • Tajik: Вааса
  • Tamil: வாசா
  • Tatar: Вааса
  • Telugu: వాసా
  • Thai: วาซา
  • Tumbuka: Vaasa
  • Turkish: Vaasa
  • Ukrainian: Вааса
  • Urdu: وآسا
  • Veps: Vas
  • Vietnamese: Vaasa
  • Waray (Philippines): Vaasa
  • Welsh: Vaasa
  • Western Mari: Вааса
  • Western Panjabi: وآسا
  • Wu Chinese: 瓦萨
  • Yue Chinese: 華沙 (芬蘭)
  • Vaasa
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