Kotka
Template:Infobox Finnish municipality Kotka is a city and municipality of Finland.
Kotka is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of Kymi River and it is part of the Kymenlaakso region in southern Finland. The city has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number]. The city centre of Kotka is located at Kotkansaari island.
The Port of Kotka is a major Finnish sea port that serves both the foreign trade of Finland and Russia.[3]
The municipality is officially unilingually Finnish.
History
The Second All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was held in Kotka, on July 21–23 (August 3–5), 1907.
Historically, Swedish was the official language in the city until 1902. From 1902 until 1906, the city was officially bilingual. Kotka has a Swedish speaking minority (see: Swedish-speaking population of Finland), which in the 1890s accounted for 16% of the city population and 3% in the 1950s.[4] Today around 1% of the city's population are Swedish speakers. There is one school in Kotka where Swedish is the language of instruction, Kotka Svenska Samskola, which was founded in 1885.
Kotka region was one of the first heavily industrialized regions of Finland. Paper and pulp mills of Kotkamills and Stora Enso still remain important employers. In the last decades several factories have undergone restructuring which has led to an increasing unemployment. Since the 1980s the population of Kotka has been slowly decreasing, mostly due to domestic migration to Helsinki region.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
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Sports
The local football team is KTP. Founded in 1927, KTP has long, and successful football history. KTP won the Finnish football championship in 1951 and 1952, and Finnish Cup 4 times, in years 1958, 1961, 1967, and 1980. Currently the club plays in the Finnish second league Ykkönen.
KTP-Basket plays in Korisliiga
Gallery
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Maretarium – Finnish Sea Life -
Maritime Centre Vellamo -
Sibeliuksenpuisto in Kotka -
Mariankatu street in Kotka -
Sunset in Kotka -
Steam locomotive VR Class Sk1 146 at Kotka railway station
See also
References
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- ^ www.sprakbruk.fi/index.php?mid=2&pid=13&aid=2902 (in Swedish)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hassinen, Raino. "Kotka - International co-operation: Twin Cities". City of Kotka. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
- ^ P.C., Net. "Gdynia - International Gdynia - International co-operation of Gdynia". www.gdynia.pl. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Twin-cities of Klaipėda". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Some 15 Finnish towns have twinned with friendship cities in China". Helsingin Sanomat International Edition. 2013-06-20. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
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External links
Media related to Kotka at Wikimedia Commons
- City of Kotka – Official website
- Kotka Tourism – Official website of Kotka City Tourist Information
Kotka travel guide from Wikivoyage
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