Siikajoki Explained

Siikajoki
Official Name:Finnish: Siikajoen kunta
Swedish: Siikajoki kommun
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:64.6667°N 31°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:North Ostrobothnia
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Raahe
Seat:Ruukki
Leader Title:Municipality manager
Leader Name:Kaisu Tuomi
Established Title:Charter
Established Date:1868
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+02:00
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+03:00

Siikajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the North Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNSiikajoki}} ofwhich NaNSiikajoki}}is water. The population density isNaNSiikajoki. Neighbour municipalities are Hailuoto, Liminka, Lumijoki, Raahe and Siikalatva.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

The current municipality of Siikajoki consists of three previous municipalities of Paavola and Revonlahti, that were merged into the municipality of Ruukki in 1973, and the municipality of Siikajoki founded in 1868. The municipalities of Ruukki and Siikajoki were disbanded and replaced by the new municipality of Siikajoki on January 1, 2007.

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