Turku

Turku (Template:IPA-fi; Swadish: Åbo‎ Template:IPA-sv; Template:Lang-et) is a ceety situatit on the soothwast coast o Finland at the mooth o the Aura River. It is locatit in the region o Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came intae existence durin the end o the 13t century which makes it the auldest ceety in Finland. Turku quickly became the maist important ceety in Finland an retained that status for hunders o years till Finland became pairt o the Roushie Empire in 1809 an the caipital o the Grand Duchy o Finland wis transferred tae Helsinki in 1812. Efter that Turku continued tae be the maist populous ceety in Finland till the end o the 1840s. The day Turku remains a regional caipital an is an important location for business an cultur.

Internaitional relations

See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Finland

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Turku is twinned wi:

Gothenburg in Swaden (syne 1946) Aarhus in Denmark (syne 1946) Bergen in Norawa (syne 1946) Saunt Petersburg in Roushie (at the time Leningrad, USSR) (syne 1953) Gdańsk in Poland (syne 1958) Rostock in Germany (at the time German Democratic Republic) (syne 1963) Varna in Bulgarie (syne 1963) Constanţa in Romanie (siyne 1963)

Cologne in Germany (syne 1967) Szeged in Hungary (syne 1971) Bratislava in Slovakie (at the time Czechoslovakie) (syne 1976) Florence in Italy (syne 1992) Tianjin in Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (syne 2000) Tartu in Estonie (syne 2008)

Turku haes co-operation agreements wi the follaein ceeties:

• Tallinn in Estonie (co-operation agreement)
• Kuressaare in Estonie (co-operation agreement)

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