Place:Kuhmo, Kainuu, Oulu, Finland

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NameKuhmo
Alt namesKuhmoniemisource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates64.067°N 29.5°E
Located inKainuu, Oulu, Finland
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kuhmo (known as Kuhmoniemi until 1937) is a town and a municipality in Finland and is located at the south-eastern corner of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is . It has a borderline of with Russia (Finnish-Russian border). Neighbour towns are Hyrynsalmi, Lieksa, Nurmes, Ristijärvi, Sotkamo and Suomussalmi. A neighbour city across the Russian border is Kostomuksha. Vartius, one of the border crossing points between Finland and Russia, is located in northern Kuhmo.

Kuhmo´s eastern border is located at a drainage divider and town area belongs to drainage basin of Oulujärvi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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