Kymenlaakso

E174485
region of Finland

Kymenlaakso is a region in southeastern Finland known for its industrial centers, coastal location along the Gulf of Finland, and historically significant role as a settlement area for evacuees from Karelia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kymenlaakso canonical 6
Kymenlaakso region 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of Finland ⓘ
borderCountry Russia ⓘ
borders Gulf of Finland ⓘ
capital Kouvola ⓘ
containsRiver Kymi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
economicActivity forest industry ⓘ
logistics ⓘ
paper industry ⓘ
port operations ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Finland ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms Coat of arms of Kymenlaakso ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution Saimaa University of Applied Sciences ⓘ
surface form: South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.kymenlaakso.fi/ ⓘ
hasPortCity Hamina ⓘ
Kotka ⓘ
hasRegionalCouncil Regional Council of Kymenlaakso ⓘ
hasUrbanArea Kotka ⓘ
surface form: Kotka–Hamina urban area

Kouvola urban area ⓘ
historicallySignificantFor resettlement of evacuees from Karelia ⓘ
historicalRole border region between Sweden and Russia ⓘ
frontline area in several wars between Sweden and Russia ⓘ
includesMunicipality Hamina ⓘ
Kotka ⓘ
Kouvola ⓘ
Miehikkälä ⓘ
Pyhtää ⓘ
Virolahti ⓘ
ISO3166-2 FI-09 ⓘ
knownFor coastal location ⓘ
industrial centers ⓘ
role as settlement area for Karelian evacuees ⓘ
languageOfficial Finnish ⓘ
largestCity Kouvola ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Finland ⓘ
southeastern Finland ⓘ
namedAfter Kymi River ⓘ
surface form: Kymi River valley
NUTSCode FI1C4 ⓘ
partOf Southern Finland ⓘ
regionNumberInFinland 09 ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Finnish Karelians → majorResettlementArea → Kymenlaakso ⓘ
Uusimaa → borders → Kymenlaakso ⓘ
South Karelia → borders → Kymenlaakso ⓘ
Hamina → locatedIn → Kymenlaakso ⓘ
Sunila Pulp Mill and residential area → locatedIn → Kymenlaakso ⓘ
Kotka → locatedIn → Kymenlaakso ⓘ
Viipuri Province (historical Finland) → successorTerritorialEntity → Kymenlaakso ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kymenlaakso region