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Turku
Turku
Turku – Åbo | |
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City | |
| Turun kaupunki Åbo stad City of Turku | |
 Top row: Aerial view of Turku from atop Turku Cathedral 2nd row: Statue of Per Brahe, Turku Castle, Turku Cathedral 3rd row: Turku Medieval Market, The Christmas Peace Balcony of Turku, Twilight on the Aura River Bottom row: Summer along the Aura River, view of Yliopistonkatu pedestrian area | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  Finland |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 306.36 km2 (118.29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 245.67 km2 (94.85 sq mi) |
| • Water | 60.7 km2 (23.4 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 247th largest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 191,603 |
| • Rank | 6th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 779.92/km2 (2,020.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 88.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 5.2% |
| • Others | 6.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 12.6% |
| • 15 to 64 | 66.5% |
| • 65 or older | 20.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 20000–20960 |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% |
| Website | www.turku.fi |
Turku (Swedish: Åbo) is a city in Southwest Finland. It is the fifth-largest city in Finland, with a population of around 190,000.
It is next to the municipalities of Aura, Kaarina, Lieto, Masku, Mynämäki, Naantali, Nousiainen, Pöytyä, Raisio and Rusko.
The official languages spoken in Turku are Finnish and Swedish.
The harbour of Turku is an important port. Many ships go from there to Mariehamn and to Stockholm. Turku Airport is also one of Finland's busiest airports.
Turku is located near the mouth of Aura river, and is spread on either side of the river. There are ten bridges over the Aura river in Turku.
- ↑ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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