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Kankaanpää (Western and Inland Finland (Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto))

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Kankaanpää

General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.4321,Lat: 63.0093
Elevation	86 meter above sea level
Local time	18:22:14pm
Name province/region (Aluehallintovirasto)	Western and Inland Finland (Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Wiki-website Maakunta (Maakunta#Landskap)	Etelä-Pohjanmaa#Södra Österbotten
Name Kunta	Lapua#Lappo
Other place with same name 1	Kankaanpää Southwestern Finland (Lounais-Suomen aluehallintovirasto) - Satakunta
Other place with same name 2	Kankaanpää Southwestern Finland (Lounais-Suomen aluehallintovirasto) - Satakunta - Köyliö#Kjulo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Karvala	15.8 km	North
2 Alajärvi	19.3 km	East
3 Viinamäki	20.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Lapua	21.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Pynttäri	21.9 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	327 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	406 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	504 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 63 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kokemaen coastal: Kyron, Lapuan, Ahtavan, Perhon, part of the larger catchment area Kokemäenjoki-Archipelago Sea-Bothnian Sea. The nearest bigger lake is Kauhajärvi (2.5 km² at a height of around 75 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Simpsiö with a height of 132 meter (at a distance of 24.9 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 300.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 421 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Etelä-Pohjanmaan viljelylakeuksien seutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 312 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.3 km2

52.6%

Nature

6.6 km2

8.4%

Wet nature

9.4 km2

12%

Agriculture

16 km2

20.4%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.1%

Water - Lakes

2.5 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kankaanpää in country Finland

Kankaanpää at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	113 km	West
2 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	124 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki	Finland	226 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vanhaneva	FI	7.6 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lapua

Type of weather in Lapua	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	976 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	6 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:20 Europe/Amsterdam