Kotka

Kotkan kaupunki

City	Kotka (1879)
Administrative Province	Southern Finland
Region	Kymenlaakso
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	750 km² 272 km² 478 km²
Population Density	54,860 (2005) 204/km²

The centre of Kotka

Kotka (Finnish for eagle) is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 54,860 (2005) and covers an area of 750 km² of which 478 km² is water. The population density is 204 inhabitants per km². Kotka is the largest town in Kymenlaakso region. The city centre of Kotka is located at Kotkas Island (Kotkansaari).

The municipality is officially unilingually Finnish.

[edit] External links

• Media related to Kotka at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website of Kotka
• Map of Kotka

Church of Kotka.

Coordinates: 60°28′00″N 26°56′45″E / 60.466667, 26.94583