Kitee Explained

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.

History

Kitee is known as the ''moonshine city of Finland'' due to its legal and illegal moonshine manufacturing.

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