Hanko
Hanko Hanko – Hangö | |
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Municipality an toun | |
| Hangon kaupunki – Hangö stad | |
 Eastren Harbour coastline | |
 Coat airms | |
 Location o Hanko in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 59°50′N 022°58′E / 59.833°N 22.967°ECoordinates: 59°50′N 022°58′E / 59.833°N 22.967°E | |
| Kintra |  Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Raseborg sub-region |
| Chairter | 1874 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Toun manager | Jouko Mäkinen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 799.99 km2 (308.88 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 116.89 km2 (45.13 sq mi) |
| • Water | 683.26 km2 (263.81 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 292nt lairgest in Finland |
| Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
| • Total | 7,838 |
| • Rank | 120t lairgest in Finland |
| • Density | 67.05/km2 (173.7/sq mi) |
| Population bi native leid | |
| • Finnish | 53.5% (offeecial) |
| • Swadish | 43.7% (offeecial) |
| • Ithers | 2.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 tae 14 | 15.2% |
| • 15 tae 64 | 65.4% |
| • 65 or aulder | 19.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www.hanko.fi |
Hanko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhɑŋko]; Swadish: Hangö), is a bilingual port toun an municipality on the sooth coast o Finland, 130 kilometre (80 mi) wast o Helsinki. Its current population is 7,838 (28 Februar 2023),[2] wi a majority being Finnish speakers an a strang minority being Swadish speakers (44%).[3]
Soviet naval base
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In the Moscow Peace Treaty that endit the Winter War on March 13, 1940, Hanko was leased tae the Soviet Union as a militar base for a period o 30 years. Durin the Continuation War, Soviet truips wur forcit tae evacuate Hanko in early December 1941. The Soviet Union renooncit the lease formally in the Paris peace treaty o 1947. As a curiosity, it can be notit that the short Russo-Finnish front athort the base o the peninsulae on the Finnish side wis held in pairt bi volunteer truips frae Swaden. A museum haes been established at this location, amang the trenches an ither remnants o the war.
The role o the Hanko naval base wis replacit bi Porkkala in the airmistice atween Finland an the Soviet Union o 19 September 1944, released back tae Finland in Januar 1956.
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- 1 2 "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
- 1 2 "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
Freemit airtins
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Hanko. |
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Wikisource haes the text o the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica airticle Hangö. |
- Toun o Hanko – offeecial wabsteid
Travel guide tae Hanko frae Wikivoyage- The Front Museum on the Hanko Peninsula Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, documentin the wartime lease o Hanko tae the USSR
- Details aboot Hanko an Porkkala leased bases, maps
- Bengtskär Lighthouse
- The Harparskog-line Archived 2009-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Finnish fortification line at Hanko front durin WWII.
- Hanko an its fortifications.
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