Kotka is a port city on the southeastern coast of Finland, at the mouth of the Kymi River on the Gulf of Finland. It has about 50,000 inhabitants, making it the 21st most populous municipality in Finland, and its historic city center sits on an island called Kotkansaari. Kotka belongs to the Kymenlaakso region and its Kotka-Hamina sub-region, and it functions as a major port and industrial center. The city received its town charter on July 16, 1879.
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Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Kotka (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 50,029 (2025)
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 60.25, 26.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 60.25, 26.75
60.25 26.75 Dfb
3. GeoNames: Kotka - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 650946, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 650946, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
60.4664 26.94582 P PPLA3 FI 08 082 285 50157 1 Europe/Helsinki
Kotka (Wikipedia)
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Kotka (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkotkɑ]; lit. 'eagle') is a town in Finland, located on the southeastern coast of the country at the mouth of the Kymi River.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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