Kuhmo

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Kuhmo is a town and a municipality in Finland and is located at the south-eastern corner of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 8,027 (31 March 2021) and covers an area of 5,456.78 square kilometres (2,106.87 sq mi) of which 649.97 km2 (250.95 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.67 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.3/sq mi). It has a borderline of 120 kilometres (75 mi) with Russia (Finnish-Russian border). Neighbour towns are Hyrynsalmi, Lieksa, Nurmes, Ristijärvi, Sotkamo and Suomussalmi. A neighbour city across the Russian border is Kostomuksha. Vartius, one of the border crossing points between Finland and Russia, is located in northern Kuhmo. Kuhmo´s eastern border is located at a drainage divider and town area belongs to drainage basin of Oulujärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.