Salo

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Salo is a town in southwestern Finland known for its electronics industry history and location along the Salo River.

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Salo canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeLanguage Finnish
climate cold temperate climate
country Finland
countryCode FI
countrySubdivision Southwest Finland
distanceTo about 110 km west of Helsinki
about 50 km east of Turku
economicProfile electronics
manufacturing
services
governingBody Salo City Council
hasCityRights yes
hasIndustrialHistory electronics manufacturing
telecommunications equipment
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1960
hasRailConnectionTo Helsinki
Turku
hasRiver Salo River
historicalRole important center of Finnish electronics industry
knownFor Nokia mobile phone production
electronics industry
languageOfficial Finnish
locatedAlong Salo River
locatedIn Finland
Southwest Finland
Southwest Finland
surface form: Southwest Finland Region
locatedInContinent Europe
locatedOn coast of southwestern Finland
mergedMunicipalities Halikko
Kiikala
Kisko
Kuusjoki
Muurla
Perniö
Pertteli
Suomusjärvi
Särkisalo
municipalMergerYear 2009
notableCompanyHistory Nokia mobile phone factory
partOf Nordic countries
postalCodePrefix 24xxx
region Southwest Finland
surface form: Varsinais-Suomi
regionCapitalOf none
river Salo River
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
vehicleRegistrationCode San Luis Obispo
surface form: SLO

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boblingen hasTwinTown Salo
subject surface form: Böblingen
former Turku and Pori Province containsCity Salo
subject surface form: Turku and Pori Province
Oberkirch twinTown Salo
Sauvo hasNeighbor Salo
Böblingen twinTown Salo