Place:Kittilä, Lappi, Finland

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NameKittilä
Alt namesKittiläsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Kittila
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates67.667°N 24.833°E
Located inLappi, Finland
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kittilä is a municipality of Finland and a popular holiday resort.

It is located in northern Finland north of the Arctic Circle within the Lapland region. The municipality has a population of[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is .

Kittilä is famous for being the location of the lowest recorded temperature in Finnish history: , measured in January 1999 in Pokka. The "midnight sun" is above the horizon from 29 May to 16 July, and the period with continuous daylight lasts a bit longer, polar night from 14 December to 29 December.

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