Ylikiiminki

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Coat of Arms of Ylikiiminki
Church of Ylikiiminki, built in ca. 1788.
Church of Ylikiiminki, built in ca. 1788.

Ylikiiminki (Överkiminge in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 3,351 (2005) and covers an area of 1,061.07 km² of which 20.37 km² is water. The population density is 3.2 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish and will be consolidated with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2009.


Coordinates: 65°01′50″N, 26°09′10″E