Kotka
city in the region of Kymenlaakso in Finland
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Summary
Kotka is a town[1]. Kotka ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,363 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Union of the Baltic Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kymenlaakso[4]
- Country: Finland[5]
- Head of government: Esa Sirviö[6]
- Instance of: municipality of Finland[7], city[8], port city[9]
- Official language: Finnish[10]
- Shares border with: Hamina[11], Kouvola[12], Pyhtää[13]
- Headquarters location: Kotka City Hall[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Brașov County[15], Klaipėda[16], Greifswald[17], Fredrikstad Municipality[18], Gdynia[19], Glostrup Municipality[20], Lübeck[21], Taizhou[22], Tallinn[23], Landskrona Municipality[24], Sillamäe[25], Saint Petersburg[26]
- Legislative body: Kotka City Council[27]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Kotka[28]
- Postal code: 48100–48930[29]
- Commons category: Kotka[30]
- Inception: 1879[31]
- Coordinate location: 60.466666666667, 26.945833333333[32]
- Official website: https://www.kotka.fi/[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kotka[34]
- Commons gallery: Kotka[35]
- Population: 54,441[36], 54,319[37], 55,238[38], 54,846[39], 54,768[40], 54,622[41], 54,618[42], 54,759[43], 54,838[44], 54,607[45], 54,679[46], 54,694[47], 54,775[48], 54,824[49]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[50], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[51], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[52], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[53]
Why It Matters
Kotka has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Kotka is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]