Country Finland Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Thursday 5:36 AM | Charter 1868 Municipal tax rate 19.75% Region North Karelia | |
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Sub-region Pielinen Karelia sub-region Area rank 43rd largest in Finland Weather -1°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 90% Humidity | ||
Juuka (Swedish: Juga) is a municipality of Finland.
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Map of 83900 Juuka, Finland
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 5,022 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,501.70 square kilometres (579.81 sq mi) of which 344.78 km2 (133.12 sq mi) is water. The population density is 3.34 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.7/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Kuopio, Kaavi, Kontiolahti, Lieksa, Nurmes, Polvijärvi and Rautavaara.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Ethymology
Literally juuka means that kind of lake where is a river that flows through a lake.
Nature
River Vaikkojoki (more than 60 km) goes from Lake Vaikkojärvi to Lake Rikkavesi, which is in Kaavi.
People
Erkki Toivanen
References
Juuka Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA