Sonkajärvi
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Sonkajärvi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 5,007 (2003) and covers an area of 1,576.77 km² of which 104.11 km² is water. The population density is 3.4 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Wife Carrying (Finnish akankanto or eukonkanto) is a sport of carrying women. A team has one male and one female, the objective is for the male to carry the female team member through a special obstacle track. The sport was first introduced at Sonkajärvi.There is a stipulation that the woman must be 17 years of age and have a weight of at least 49 kilograms.The track in Sonkanjärvi used annually for the World Championship has a length of about 250 meters.
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