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    Pello (formerly Turtola) is a municipality of Finland. It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the Arctic Circle in the western part...
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    northernmost region of Finland. The 21 municipalities in the region cooperate in a Regional Council. Lapland borders the Finnish region of North Ostrobothnia...
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    Pello is a smaller locality in Övertorneå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden. It is located on the shore of the Torne River, opposite to Pello, Finland...
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    Pello railway station is located in the municipality of Pello in the Lapland Province of Finland. The station is located about 121 kilometres north from...
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  • Ohcejohka; Skolt Sami: Uccjokk) Ranua Rovaniemi (Northern Sami: Roavvenjárga) Pello Ylitornio (Swedish: Övertorneå) Enontekiö (Northern Sami: Eanodat; Swedish:...
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  • Konttajärvi (category Lakes of Pello)
    Konttajärvi is a lake in Finland. This city is located in the municipality of Pello in the province of Lapland, in the northern part of the country, 700 km...
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    Kolari (redirect from Kolari, Finland)
    municipalities are Muonio, Pello, Kittilä, Rovaniemi in Finland and Pajala Municipality in Sweden. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Kolari railway station...
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    Enontekiö Inari Kemi Kemijärvi Keminmaa Kittilä Kolari Muonio Pelkosenniemi Pello Posio Ranua Rovaniemi Salla Savukoski Simo Sodankylä Tervola Tornio Utsjoki...
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  • This is a list of municipalities in Finland. There are a total of 308 municipalities, of which 114 have both a Finnish and a Swedish name. These municipalities...
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  • Toivo Mäkikyrö (category People from Pello)
    Toivo Mäkikyrö (born 29 January 1957) is a Finnish biathlete. He competed in the 10 km sprint event at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...
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    the source. The river proceeds to the village Kassa. At the village of Pello, which lies on both sides of the river, is a bridge between the two parts...
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    List of northernmost items (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
    June 11, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2017. "Getting Around by motoring". finland.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. Retrieved April 10...
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    Meänmaa (category Sub-regions of Finland)
    Pajala and Kiruna in Sweden, and Tornio, Ylitornio, Pello, Kolari, Muonio and Enontekiö in Finland. Culturally the highland Swedish municipality Gällivare...
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    Eero Mäntyranta (category People from Pello)
    2000. There is also a museum centered on Mäntyranta in his birthplace of Pello. Mäntyranta had primary familial and congenital polycythemia (PFCP) causing...
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    Miekojärvi (category Lakes of Pello)
    Finland. It is located in Pello and Ylitornio municipalities, in the western Lapland region. Miekojärvi flows through Tengeliönjoki to Torne (Finnish...
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    The Finland–Sweden border (or Finnish–Swedish border) is the border between the countries of Finland and Sweden. Almost the entire border runs through...
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    Markus Krunegård (category Swedish-language singers of Finland)
    Besides his Swedish origin, he also has roots in Pello in the Finnish Torne Valley on the Swedish-Finnish border. Krunegård is married and has one daughter...
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  • Putin's personal envoy warns Finland against joining NATO. June 13 – The city council of Pello offers 50 euro to each Finnish speaking taxpayer who changes...
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  • Orajärvi (category Lapland (Finland) geography stubs)
    other lakes in Finland that are named Orajärvi, they are located in the municipalities of Pello, Jyväskylä and Espoo. List of lakes in Finland "Orajärvi (65...
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    Paavo Lipponen (category People from Pello)
    minister of Finland. Lipponen was born in Turtola (subsequently renamed Pello), son of Orvo Lipponen and his wife Hilkka Iisalo. Paavo's maternal grandparents...
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    lines on the Finnish rail network, including lists of stations on the most important lines. The lines and the stations are owned by the Finnish Transport...
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    Southern Lapland (category Finland articles missing geocoordinate data)
    Pello Posio Ranua Rovaniemi Salla Simo Tervola Tornio Ylitornio Laponia Peräpohjola dialects Terho Itkonen: Kielen kärjeltä, pp. 155–158 (in Finnish)...
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    Highways in Finland, or Main roads, comprise the highest categories of roads in Finland: Main roads Class I – Finnish: valtatiet; Swedish: riksvägar –...
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  • Mämmilä (category Fictional populated places in Finland)
    real-life village in Pello, Lapland, 66°49′N 24°0′E / 66.817°N 24.000°E / 66.817; 24.000. Invitation in Suomen kuvalehti 46/2006, Finnish "Life on the line"...
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    Kaarlo Castrén (category People from Pello)
    Castrén (28 February 1860 – 19 November 1938) was a Finnish politician and Prime Minister of Finland. He represented the National Progressive Party. Castrén...
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  • landscapes of Finland were selected by the Finnish Ministry of the Environment in 1992 as a part of the 75th anniversary of the Independence of Finland. The 27...
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    Adam Ståhl (category Finland men's international footballers)
    grandparents come from Kokkola, Finland, originally. In his youth, Ståhl and his family spent many summers in Pello, Finland, at his grandmother's house....
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    Arthur Castrén (category People from Pello)
    (10 June 1866 – 29 June 1946) was a Finnish politician, born in Turtola. He was a member of the Senate of Finland and the first director of internal affairs...
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    Tuomas Mäkipää (category Finnish Protestant clergy)
    Tuomas Mäkipää is an Anglican clergyman of Finnish origin. He studied theology at Helsinki University.[citation needed] Mäkipää was ordained deacon by...
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  • This is a list of the former municipalities of Finland. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ä Ö Ahlainen (Vittisbofjärd) – became...
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