Enontekiö
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Enontekiö (Inari Sami: Iänudâh, Northern Sami: Eanodat, Swedish: Enontekis) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Lapland and is part of the Lapland region. The municipality has a population of 2,100 and covers an area of 8,463.59 km² of which 413.38 km² is water. The population density is 0.3 inhabitants per km².
Enontekiö has two official languages: Finnish and Northern Sami.
The main village of Enontekiö and the biggest densely populated area is called Hetta (Heahttá in Northern Sami) and about 800 inhabitants live there.
Finland's largest waterfall Pihtsusköngäs is located there. Kilpisjärvi is the northwesternmost settlement in Finland, bordering Norway. Due to lower prices in Finland, Norwegians come over to shop. This is also the place from where to visit the place where Finland, Sweden and Norway meet.
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