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Kitee

town in the region of North Karelia in Finland
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Kitee

Summary

Kitee is a town[1]. Kitee ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kitee is located in North Karelia[3].
  • Kitee is in the country of Finland[4].
  • Kitee's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Kitee's instance of is recorded as municipality of Finland[6].
  • Kitee's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Kitee's official language is recorded as Finnish[8].
  • Kitee's shares border with is recorded as Parikkala[9].
  • Kitee's shares border with is recorded as Rääkkylä[10].
  • Kitee's shares border with is recorded as Savonlinna[11].
  • Kitee's shares border with is recorded as Tohmajärvi[12].
  • Kitee followed Kesälahti[13].
  • Kitee's legislative body is recorded as Kitee City Council[14].
  • Kitee's coat of arms is recorded as Kitee coat of arms[15].
  • Kitee's Commons category is recorded as Kitee[16].
  • Kitee's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[17].
  • Kitee's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[18].
  • January 1, 1631 marks the founding of Kitee[19].
  • Kitee's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 62.09861111111111, 'lon': 30.1375}[20].
  • Kitee's official website is recorded as https://www.kitee.fi/[21].
  • Kitee's official website is recorded as https://www.kitee.fi/en/web/eng[22].
  • Kitee's official website is recorded as https://www.kitee.fi/ru/web/rus[23].
  • Kitee's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kitee[24].
  • Kitee has a population of {'amount': '+11143'}[25].
  • Kitee has a population of {'amount': '+10832'}[26].
  • Kitee has a population of {'amount': '+10545'}[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1631 marks the founding of Kitee[19].

Identity

Kitee's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kiteen kaupunki'}[28]. Kitee followed Kesälahti[13].

Why It Matters

Kitee ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month).[2] Kitee has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Kitee is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

city Emppu Vuorinen Finland Govdirectory Jukka Nevalainen Nightwish Savonlinna Tarja Turunen Tuomas Holopainen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . The correspondence table between municipalities and language distribution in 2024. stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . vrk.fi. vrk.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Population structure. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna +1
    Associated electoral district → Savo-Karelia
    Country → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 62.09861111111111, 'lon': 30.1375}
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 105636, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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