Kuninkoja

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Kuninkoja is a ward (suuralue in Finnish, storområde in Swedish) of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 7. The ward is located to the northwest of the city centre and named after the historical area of the city that it occupies. There is also a district called Kuninkoja in the neighbouring municipality of Raisio.

The ward has a population of 16,288 (as of 2004) and an annual population increase of 0.39%. 13.29% of the ward's population are under 15 years old, while 21.81% are over 65. The ward's linguistic makeup is 94.82% Finnish, 3.09% Swedish, and 2.08% other.

[edit] Districts

The ward consists of seven districts. Four of them are divided with other wards.

Kähäri1 Mälikkälä Pitkämäki3 (Långbacka) Runosmäki6 (Runosbacken)

Ruohonpää Teräsrautela Vätti1

[edit] Notes

• Note 1: The districts of Kähäri and Vätti are divided between Ward 1 (City Centre) and Ward 7.
• Note 2: The district of Pitkämäki is divided between Ward 1 (City Centre), Ward 7 and Ward 8 (Naantalintie).
• Note 3: The district of Runosmäki is divided between Ward 6 (Tampereentie) and Ward 7.

[edit] See also

• Districts of Turku
• Wards of Turku

v • d • e Wards of Turku City Centre | Hirvensalo-Kakskerta | Uittamo-Skanssi | Itäharju-Varissuo Koroinen | Tampereentie | Kuninkoja | Naantalintie | Maaria-Paattinen