Place:Varkaus, Kuopio, Finland

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NameVarkaus
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates62.333°N 27.833°E
Located inKuopio, Finland
Also located inPohjois-Savo, Itä-Suomi, Finland    
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Varkaus (before year 1929 Warkaus) is a Middle-Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region, between city of Kuopio and town of Savonlinna.

The municipality has a population of[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is .

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. In old Finnish 'Varkaus' meant strait, and this city is located in the lake district on straits between two parts of Lake Saimaa. An extension of the Saimaa Canal passes through the town.

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