North Karelia

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The location of North Karelia in Finland

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coat of arms

North Karelia (Finnish: [Pohjois-Karjala] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a part of Karelia and a region in eastern Finland. Neighbouring regions are Northern Savonia, Southern Savonia, Kainuu and South Karelia.

There is lot of fresh water in this region. Pielinen is the largest lake.

Municipalities

Pohjois-Karjala has 13 municipalities. 5 of those are cities (marked bold).

• Heinävesi
• Ilomantsi
• Joensuu
• Juuka
• Kitee
• Kontiolahti
• Lieksa
• Liperi
• Nurmes
• Outokumpu
• Polvijärvi
• Rääkkylä
• Tohmajärvi

North Karelia Media

• View from a hill in Koli National Park, the most famous tourist attraction in North Karelia

• Heinävesi.vaakuna

• On red-black shield parted per pale three silvery five-chord Finnish zithers side by side; chords black.

• Joensuu.vaakuna

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  On red field a silvery birch with golden catkins.

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  Kontiolahti.vaakuna

• Liperi.vaakuna.svg

  Liperi.vaakuna

• Outokumpu.vaakuna.svg

  Outokumpu.vaakuna

• Polvijärvi.vaakuna.svg

  On silver field a red chevron, in which three silvery, flying geese fesswise.

• Kitee.vaakuna.svg

  Per fess Gules and Sable, a helm Argent.

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2014-04-02 at the Wayback Machine