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Rokua National Park

National Park

Rokua National Park lies in Finland Northern Ostrobothnia region, spanning the municipalities of Vaala, Muhos, and Utajärvi between the cities of Oulu and Kajaani. Established in 1956 and classified IUCN Category II, the park covers about 8.8 square kilometers and forms part of the Rokua UNESCO Global Geopark, showcasing glacial landforms such as drumlins, eskers, kettle holes, and terminal moraines alongside undisturbed pine forest and post glacial ravines and peat bogs. Managed by Metsähallitus, it received about 50,700 visitors in 2024. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 2
Established Year
1956 2
Area (sq km)
16.695864 2
Governing Body
Metsähallitus 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO Global Geopark 1
Sources
1. Rokua National Park (Wikipedia)
  • lead section
    Rokua National Park is a UNESCO Global Geopark in the Northern Ostrobothnia region of Finland.
  • Introduction
    Rokua National Park lies in Finland Northern Ostrobothnia region, spanning the municipalities of Vaala, Muhos, and Utajärvi between the cities of Oulu and Kajaani.
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-global-geopark
    Established in 1956 and classified IUCN Category II, the park covers about 8.8 square kilometers and forms part of the Rokua UNESCO Global Geopark, showcasing glacial landforms such as drumlins, eskers, kettle holes, and terminal moraines alongside undisturbed pine forest and post glacial ravines and peat bogs.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Metsähallitus
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Metsähallitus
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2. Wikidata: Rokua National Park
  • Wikidata Q2313367, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
  • Wikidata Q2313367 P31 instance-of
  • Wikidata Q2313367 P571 inception
  • Part Of: Finland, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Finland
On Continent: Europe, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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