Sodankylä facts for kids
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Sodankylä
Sodankylä – Soađegilli
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Municipality
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| Sodankylän kunta Sodankylä kommun |
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Centre of Sodankylä
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Location of Sodankylä in Finland
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| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Lapland | |
| Sub-region | Northern Lapland | |
| Charter | 1893 | |
| Area
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| • Total | 12,415.22 km2 (4,793.54 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 11,696.4 km2 (4,516.0 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 718.82 km2 (277.54 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 2nd largest in Finland | |
| Population
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| • Total | 8,809 | |
| • Rank | 111th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 0.75/km2 (1.9/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | |
| Website | www.sodankyla.fi | |
Sodankylä is a municipality in Lapland. Almost 8,890 people lived there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are Inari, Kemijärvi, Kittilä, Pelkosenniemi, Rovaniemi and Savukoski.
Some villages
Some villages in Sodankylä are Kersilö, Kierinki, Lismanaapa, Luosto, Torvinen.
Images for kids
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Sodankylä Old Church
See also
In Spanish: Sodankylä para niños
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