Kiukainen

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Kiukainen is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 3,408 (2003) and covers an area of 149.88 km² of which 0.22 km² is water. The population density is 22.7 inhabitants per km².

In Kiukainen there are many ancient gravehills made from piled stones. Biggest of them is called kuninkaanhauta, "the king's grave". It is the biggest of its type in Nordic Countries.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


Coordinates: 61°13′N 22°05′E

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