Tampere

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Tampereen kaupunkiTammerfors stad

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CityTampere (1779)

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Administrative ProvinceWestern Finland

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Historical ProvinceTavastia

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Area - Total - Land - Water

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Ranked 129th690.6 km?522.7 km?167.9 km?

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Population - Total (2003-12-31) - Density

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Ranked 3rd200,980378/km?

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Tampere (Swedish name Tammerfors) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes: N?sij?rvi and Pyh?j?rvi. Since the two lakes differ in level by 18 metres, the Tammerkoski rapids linking them have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity.

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Tampere, with about 200,000 inhabitants in the city itself, and more than 300,000 including the neighbouring municipalities, is the second most important urban centre in Finland after the Helsinki region and the biggest inland city in Scandinavia.

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City: :For alternate meanings see city (disambiguation)...

1779: 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar)....

Western Finland: The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. It borders to the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also borders to the Gulf of Bothnia towards ?land....