Place:Tuupovaara, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland

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NameTuupovaara
TypeFormer Municipality
Coordinates62.5°N 30.667°E
Located inPohjois-Karjala, Finland
Also located inPohjois-Karjala, Itä-Suomi, Finland    
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Tuupovaara (Kovero until 1913) is a former municipality of Finland, located in the province of North Karelia. It was consolidated, together with Kiihtelysvaara, into the municipality of Joensuu on January 1, 2005. The municipality had a population of 2,217 (2004) and covered an area of 661.34 km² of which 56.55 km² is water. The population density was 3.7 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

The famous rally driver Ari Vatanen was born in Tuupovaara on April 27, 1952.




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