Kuivaniemi is a former municipality of Finland.
Kuivaniemi | |
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Former municipality | |
Kuivaniemen kunta Kuivaniemi kommun | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
![]() Location of Kuivaniemi in Finland | |
Coordinates: 65°36′15″N 025°12′30″E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Northern Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Oulu Arc sub-region |
Charter | 1867 |
Consolidated | 2007 |
Area | |
• Total | 1,149.58 km2 (443.86 sq mi) |
• Land | 927.21 km2 (358.00 sq mi) |
• Water | 222.37 km2 (85.86 sq mi) |
Population (2006-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,977 |
• Density | 1.7/km2 (4.5/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
It was located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,977 on 31 December 2006[2] (ranked 351st) and covered a land area of 927.21 square kilometres (358.00 sq mi) on 1 January 2006.[1] The population density was 2.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.4/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Kuivaniemi was incorporated into Ii municipality on 1 January 2007. The formed municipality inherited Kuivaniemi's seal-sporting coat of arms.
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