Sokoja

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Sokoja is a settlement in the municipality of Kokkola, in the province of Western Finland. Sokoja has a population of 900 and covers an area 40 square kilometres (15 mi2). Sokoja consists of five different areas: Övre-Såka, Såka, Wentjärvi, Koivisto, and Rasmus.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Henrik Brenner

Finnish librarian

Mona-Lisa Pursiainen

Finnish sprinter (1951–2000)

Michael Käld

Finnish football manager

Mikko Juva

Finnish historian, politician, Lutheran theologian and archbishop (1918–2004)

John Vikström

Finnish priest and archbishop

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Oiva Kallio

Finnish architect (1884-1964)

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Otto Alcenius

Finnish botanist, teacher, numismatist and museum professional (1838-1913)

Joachim Kurtén

Finnish politician (1836–1899)

Selma Abrahamsson

Finnish writer writing in Swedish (1872-1911)

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Ann-Cathrine Fröjdö

Swedish actress

B

Birgit Klockars

Finnish missionary, historian and writer

Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo

Swedish-speaking writer from Finland

Ralf Andtbacka

Finnish poet, publisher and teacher

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Pentti Pouttu

rebel leader during the Cudgel War

E

Erik Cainberg

Finnish sculptor (1771-1816)

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Karl Johan Hagfors

Finnish writer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.