Kitee | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Kiteen kaupunki Swedish: Kides stad |
Other Name: | Kides |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Coordinates: | 62.1°N 38°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | North Karelia |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Karelia |
Leader Title: | Town manager |
Leader Name: | Kirsi Hämäläinen |
Established Title: | Charter |
Established Date: | 1631 |
Established Title2: | City rights |
Established Date2: | 1992 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Website: | www.kitee.fi |
Kitee (in Finnish ˈkiteː/; Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region, about south of Joensuu and about northeast of Lappeenranta. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNKitee}} of which NaNKitee}} is water. The population density is NaNKitee.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.
Kitee is known as the ''moonshine city of Finland'' due to its legal and illegal moonshine manufacturing.