Hamina (fin)

Hamina

Hamina ranks 6,151st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Charlestown, Boston, Liverpool, New South Wales, and Timbuktu. Memorable people born in Hamina include Hugo Simberg, Christian von Steven, and Magnus Enckell. Memorable people who died in Hamina include Simo Häyhä, and Sulo Nurmela. Hamina has been the birth place of many painters, and biologists and the death place of many military personnels, and athletes. Hamina is located in Finland.

Hamina is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located approximately 145 km (90 mi) east of the country's capital Helsinki, in the Kymenlaakso region, and formerly the province of Southern Finland. The municipality's population is 19,320 and covers an area of 1,155.14 square kilometres (446.00 sq mi), of which 545.66 km2 (210.68 sq mi) is water. The population density is 31.68 inhabitants per square kilometre (82.1/sq mi). The population of the central town is approximately 10,000. The municipal language of Hamina is Finnish. Read more on Wikipedia