Pello

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Pello is a municipality of Finland.

Location on Finnish map
Location on Finnish map

It is located in the province of Lapland and is part of the Lapland region. The municipality has a population of 4,586 (2003) and covers an area of 1,865.64 km² of which 122.87 km² is water. The population density is 2.6 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Pello is also the name of a village in Sweden, on the opposite side of the Torne River in Övertorneå Municipality. 185 inhabitants (2000).

Coordinates: 66°46′30″N, 23°57′55″E