Salo
Salo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑlo]) is a toun an municipality o Finland.
Salo | |
|---|---|
Ceety | |
| Salon kaupunki | |
 Salo toun centre bi nicht | |
 Coat airms | |
 Location o Salo in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°23′10″N 023°07′30″E / 60.38611°N 23.12500°ECoordinates: 60°23′10″N 023°07′30″E / 60.38611°N 23.12500°E | |
| Kintra |  Finland |
| Region | Finland Proper |
| Sub-region | Salo |
| Mercat toun | 1887 |
| Ceety richts | 1960 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Ceety manager | Antti Rantakokko |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Ceety | 52,312 |
| • Density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,000,333 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www.salo.fi |
It is locatit in the Finland Proper region. The municipality haes a population o 52,312[2] (Januar 31, 2019) an covers an aurie o 2,168.30 square kilometre (837.19 sq mi) o which 181.78 km2 (70.19 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 26.33/km2 (68.2/sq mi).
In Finnish salo means woodland, backwoods but an aw a woodit island. It is thocht that Salo haes meant the island that ower thoosan years ago existit tae the sooth o the current toun but is the day a hill, no even vera close tae the sea.[6]
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Salo haes existit as a centre o rural commerce syne at least the 16t century, grewn in the location whaur the Great Costal Road,[7] the important East-Wast road, crossed River Salo; the river providit the fairway tae the sea. In 1887 Salo offeecially became a mercat toun an, in the beginnin o 1891, an independent municipality.[8] The aurie o the municipality wis initially vera sma, anerlie 0.65 km². In 1932 it grew tae 18 km² when auries frae neighbourin Uskela an Halikko wur annexed tae Salo. Eventually Salo became a toun in 1960. The day its main claim tae notability is as a developin an manufacturin plant for Nokia, an can therefore be considered as the oreeginal hame toun o Nokia phones. Nokia an aw is ane o biggest employers in this region.
Salo is locatit atween the caipital Helsinki an the regional caipital Turku, makkin it a busy sma ceety. The short distance frae thir bigger ceeties keeps the Salo region an its business life growin. Fermin an aw plays a considerable pairt in the aurie.
The municipality o Uskela wis consolidatit wi Salo 1967. The municipalities o Halikko, Kiikala, Kisko, Kuusjoki, Muurla, Perniö, Pertteli, Suomusjärvi an Särkisalo wur consolidatit wi Salo in the beginnin o 2009.
Internaitional relationsEedit
Twin touns — sister ceetiesEedit
Salo haes seiven sister ceeties:
Anija, Estonie- Elva, Estonie[9]
Katrineholm, Swaden
Vennesla, Norawa
Odder, Denmark
Rzhev, Roushie
Nagykanizsa, Hungary
Puchheim, Germany
St. Anthony, Hennepin Coonty, Minnesota, Unitit States
Beijing, Cheenae
Thai Nguyen, Vietnam
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ a b c d e "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- ↑ a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2019.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ a b "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ a b c d e "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ Paikkala et al. (2007). "Suomalainen paikannimikirja", p.398. Karttakeskus: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus. ISBN 9789515939760.
- ↑ Salminen, Tapio (1993). "Suuri Rantatie", Tielaitos. ISBN 9513710440.
- ↑ Alifrosti, Kari (1996). "Salon ja Uskelan historia 1869-1990", Salon Kaupunki. ISBN 9519615210.
- ↑ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Elva linn. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 23 Julie 2011.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
Photo galleryEedit
Municipal leebrar. The new leebrar biggin haes been designed tae fit in the environment o auld widden hooses.
Airt gallery in the auld locomotive shed.
Microsoft premises in Salo.
A Cless Vr1 steam locomotive no. 656 "Kana" ("Hen") on a turntable ootside Salo Airt Museum
Freemit airtinsEedit
| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Salo. |
- Town of Salo – Offeecial wabsteid
- Satellite photo from May 2002 Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Service Directory with maps Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
