City rights 1992 Area 1,141 km² | Charter 1631 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Thursday 12:47 AM | |
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Area rank 57th largest in Finland Weather 2°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 84% Humidity | ||
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Kitee (Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality of Finland.
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- Keski karjala ralli 2017 kitee crash action
- Map of 82500 Kitee Finland
- History
- Villages
- People
- References
Map of 82500 Kitee, Finland
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 10,783 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,253.60 square kilometres (484.02 sq mi) of which 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) is water. The population density is 12.46 inhabitants per square kilometre (32.3/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History
Kitee is known as the ''moonshine city of Finland'' due to its legal and illegal moonshine manufacturing.
Villages
Haapasalo, Haarajärvi, Hammaskallio, Heinoniemi, Jaakkima, Juurikka, Kantosyrjä, Kiteenkylä, Kiteenlahti, Kontiola, Kunonniemi, Lahdenkylä, Leinovaara, Loukunvaara, Misola, Muljula, Niinikumpu, Nivunki, Närsäkkälä, Ojamäki, Piimäjärvi, Potoskavaara, Puhos,Puhossalo, Päätye, Riihijärvi, Rokkala, Ruppovaara, Satulavaara, Suoparsaari, Suorlahti, Särkijärvi, Säynejärvi, Taipale, Tasapää, Tolosenmäki, Varmoniemi, Välivaara