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Salo
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Salo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑlo]) is a toun an municipality o Finland.
Salo | |
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Ceety | |
Salon kaupunki | |
![]() Salo toun centre bi nicht | |
![]() Location o Salo in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°23′10″N 023°07′30″E | |
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Region | Finland Proper |
Sub-region | Salo |
Mercat toun | 1887 |
Ceety richts | 1960 |
Govrenment | |
• Ceety manager | Antti Rantakokko |
Population (2023-02-28)[1] | |
• Ceety | 50,966 |
• 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 50,966[1] (Februar 28, 2023) 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.[2] The population densitie is 25.66/km2 (66.5/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.[3]
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,[4] 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.[5] 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.