Kitee facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kitee Kides
Town
Kiteen kaupunki Kides stad
Kitee Church
Coat of arms
Location of Kitee in Finland
Country	Finland
Region	North Karelia
Sub-region	Central Karelia
Charter	1631
City rights	1992
Area  (2018-01-01)
• Total	1,724.41 km2 (665.80 sq mi)
• Land	1,253.82 km2 (484.10 sq mi)
• Water	275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi)
Area rank	57th largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	9,689
• Rank	99th largest in Finland
• Density	7.73/km2 (20.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	92.2% (official)
• Others	7.8%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	11.2%
• 15 to 64	51.8%
• 65 or older	37%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.kitee.fi

Kitee (Finnish: [ˈkiteː]; Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) south of Joensuu and about 175 kilometres (109 mi) northeast of Lappeenranta. The municipality has a population of 9,689 (31 December 2023) and covers an area of 1,724.41 square kilometres (665.80 sq mi) of which 275.61 km² (106.41 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.73 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.0/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.

History

Kitee is known as the ''moonshine city of Finland'' due to its legal and illegal moonshine manufacturing.

Villages

Sports

The men's pesäpallo club Kiteen Pallo -90 competes in the Superpesis national league, playing at Shore Field.

Notable residents

• Antti Aalto, ski-jumper
• Nils Ludvig Arppe, industrialist
• Tuomas Holopainen, musician
• Jukka Nevalainen, musician
• Tarja Turunen, musician
• Tomek Valtonen, ice hockey coach and player
• Emppu Vuorinen, musician
• Sami Vänskä, musician

See also

In Spanish: Kitee para niños