Karkkila

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Karkkilan kaupunki
Image:Karkkilacoa.jpg
Coat of Arms Location
Founded 1869
Province Southern Finland
Region Uusimaa
Sub-region Lohja
Area
- Of which land
- Rank
255.41 km²
242.73 km²
ranked 306th
Population
- Density
- Change
- Rank
8,802 (2004)
36.3 inh./km²
+ 0.4%
ranked 122nd
Urbanisation 88.4%
Unemployment 7.8%
Official languages Finnish
City Manager Minna Karhunen
Home page http://www.karkkila.fi/

Karkkila (pronounced [ˈkɑrkːilɑ]), or Högfors in Swedish is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 8,802 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 255.41 km² of which 12.68 km² is water. The population density is 36.26 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Famous Finnish curler Markku Uusipaavalniemi comes from Karkkila.

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Municipalities of Uusimaa Coat of arms of Uusimaa
Ekenäs | Espoo | Hanko | Helsinki | Hyvinkää | Ingå | Järvenpää | Karis | Karjalohja | Karkkila | Kauniainen | Kerava | Kirkkonummi | Lohja | Mäntsälä | Nummi-Pusula | Nurmijärvi | Pohja | Pornainen | Sammatti | Siuntio | Tuusula | Vantaa | Vihti
Uusimaa Region | Southern Finland | Finland

Coordinates: 60°32′05″N, 24°12′35″E