Turku
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Turku (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈturku] ( listen); Swadish: Åbo [ˈoːbʊ] ( listen)) is a ceety on the soothwast coast o Finland at the mooth o the Aura River,[6][7] in the region o Finland Proper. Turku, as a toun, wis settled durin the 13t century an foondit maist likely at the end o the 13t century, makin hit the auldest ceety in Finland. hit quickly became the maist important ceety in Finland, a status hit retained fir hunders o years. Efter Finland became pairt o the Roushie Empire (1809) an the caipital o the Grand Duchy o Finland wis moved til Helsinki (1812), Turku continued tae be the maist populous ceety in Finland until the end o the 1840s, an hit remains a regional caipital an an important business an cultural centre.
Turku Turku – Åbo | |
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Ceety | |
Turun kaupunki Åbo stad | |
Tap:Aerial view o Turku frae Turku Cathedral, 2nt left:Statue o Per Brahe, 2nt middle:Turku Castle, 2nt richt:Turku Cathedral, 3rd left:Turku Medieval Mercat, 3rd middle:The Christmas Peace Balcony o Turku, 3rd richt:Twilicht in Aura River, Bottom left:Simmer in Aura River, Bottom richt:View o Yliopistonkatu pedestrian aurie | |
Coordinates: 60°27′N 022°16′E | |
Kintra | Finland |
Region | Finland Proper |
Sub-region | Turku sub-region |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Minna Arve |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Ceety | 306.36 km2 (118.29 sq mi) |
• Laund | 245.67 km2 (94.85 sq mi) |
• Water | 60.7 km2 (23.4 sq mi) |
• Urban | 252.65 km2 (97.55 sq mi) |
• Metro | 2331.1 km2 (900.0 sq mi) |
Area rank | 247t lairgest in Finland |
Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
• Ceety | 198,211 |
• Rank | 6t lairgest in Finland |
• Density | 806.82/km2 (2,089.7/sq mi) |
• Urban | 252,468[3] |
• Urban density | 999,3/km2 (25,880/sq mi) |
• Metro | 303,492 |
Population bi native leid | |
• Finnish | 7,001,881,000,000,000,000♠88.1% (offeecial) |
• Swadish | 7,000,520,000,000,000,000♠5.2% (offeecial) |
• Ithers | 7,000,670,000,000,000,000♠6.7% |
Population by age | |
• 0 tae 14 | 7,001,131,000,000,000,000♠13.1% |
• 15 tae 64 | 7,001,695,000,000,000,000♠69.5% |
• 65 or aulder | 7,001,174,009,999,900,000♠17.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 20000–20960 |
Website | www.turku.fi |
Acause o hits lang history, hit haes been the steid o mony important events an haes extensively influenced Finnish history. Alang wi Tallinn, the caipital ceety o Estonie, Turku wis designatit the European Caipital o Cultur fir 2011. In 1996 hit wis declared the offeecial Christmas Ceety o Finland.[8]
Due tae hits location, Turku is a notable commercial an passenger seaport wi ower three million passengers travellin throu the Port o Turku each year tae Stockholm an Mariehamn.[6]
As o 30 September 2014, the population o Turku wis 183,811,[9] makin hit the saxt lairgest ceety in Finland.[2] As o 31 August 2008 thare war 303,492 indwallers livin in the Turku sub-region, rankin hit as the third lairgest urban aurie in Finland efter the Greater Helsinki aurie an Tampere sub-region. The ceety is offeecially bilingual as 5.2 percent o hits population identify Swadish as a mither-tongue.[4]