Facts About Kuusamo
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Kuusamo is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region.
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The main economic activities in Kuusamo include forestry, reindeer husbandry, small industries and tourism.
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The 2005 World Championships of Freestyle Skiing was held in Kuusamo.
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Kuusamo Town was founded in 2000.
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The city lies on a roughly 250-meter-high plateau, from which the waters flow in five directions.
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The Kuusamo Hall in the town centre, completed in 1996, acts as a convention and cultural centre.
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Kuusamo municipality was founded in 1868 but as early as 1675 it formed a regional administrative entity, Kuusamo Parish.
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The Population of Kuusamo is 15,193, as of 31 January 2019.
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The Kuusamo Town surface area is 5,805 km², including 799 km² (14 %) of waterways.
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Kuusamo is twinned with: Loukhsky District, Russia; Askøy, Norway; Avesta Municipality, Sweden & Hørning Municipality, Denmark.
