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Hiidenportti National Park

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Hiidenportti National Park lies in Sotkamo in the Kainuu region of Finland, established in 1982 to preserve the wilderness of the area. It covers 45 square kilometers of mires and dry forest, two-thirds of it coniferous forest in a near-natural state averaging 100 to 150 years old. Its best known feature is the Hiidenportti gorge, whose vertical cliffs run for about a kilometer and reach up to 20 meters high. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Metsahallitus (Finland) 1
Governing Body
Metsähallitus 1
Sources
1. Hiidenportti National Park (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Hiidenportti National Park (Finnish: Hiidenportin kansallispuisto) is a national park in Sotkamo in the Kainuu region of Finland.
  • Infobox: governing_body
    Metsähallitus
  • Introduction
    Hiidenportti National Park lies in Sotkamo in the Kainuu region of Finland, established in 1982 to preserve the wilderness of the area.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Metsähallitus
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Metsähallitus
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Wikidata: Hiidenportti National Park
Wikidata Q2658641, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Finland
On Continent: Europe, Wikidata item for Finland, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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