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Kuivaniemi

Former municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Kuivaniemi in Finland

Coordinates: 65°36′15″N 025°12′30″E / 65.60417°N 25.20833°E / 65.60417; 25.20833CountryFinlandRegionNorthern OstrobothniaSub-regionOulu Arc sub-regionCharter1867Consolidated2007Area

^[1]

• Total1,149.58 km² (443.86 sq mi) • Land927.21 km² (358.00 sq mi) • Water222.37 km² (85.86 sq mi)Population

(2006-12-31)^[2]

• Total1,977 • Density1.7/km² (4.5/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kuivaniemi is a former municipality of Finland.

It was located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,977 on 31 December 2006^[2] (ranked 351st) and covered a land area of 927.21 square kilometres (358.00 sq mi) on 1 January 2006.^[1] The population density was 2.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.4/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Kuivaniemi was incorporated into Ii municipality on 1 January 2007. The formed municipality inherited Kuivaniemi's seal-sporting coat of arms.

References

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2006" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 11 April 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2006". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 11 April 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}