Facts about Pori
Pori is a city on the west coast of Finland. The centre of the city it located some 15 km from the coast of Gulf of Bothnia, at the estuary (the largest of those in Finland) of Kokemäenjoki river. Pori is part of the province of Western Finland and is the most important town in the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 76,205 (2.28.2007) and covers an area of 511.88 km² of which 8.71 km² is water. As of 2007, the population density is 151.4 inhabitants per km². Pori is the 10th largest city in Finland, and the 7th largest urban area.[2007] The Neo-Gothic Juselius Mausoleum, located in the Käppärä cemetery in central Pori, was built in 1903 by the wealthy industrialist F.A. Juselius for his daughter Sigrid who died when she was only 11 years old. More than 98% of the population of Pori has Finnish as their first language. Pori is known, among other things, for the sand beaches of Yyteri and for hosting Pori Jazz, an annual international jazz festival. The asteroid 1499 Pori was named after the city by its discoverer, the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä. Near Pori there is a broadcasting facility for medium-wave and short-wave broadcasting by the Digita. The medium-wave transmitter uses a 185 m (607 ft) guyed mast as an aerial. |
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