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Kaarinan kaupunki
Kaarinan vaakuna.png 120px
Coat of Arms Location
Province Western Finland
Region Finland Proper
Sub-region Turku
Area
- Of which land
- Rank
60.59 km²
59.70 km²
ranked 425th
Population
- Density
- Change
- Rank
21,568 (2004)
361.3 inh./km²
+ 2.0%
ranked 46th
Urbanisation 97.4%
Unemployment 7.8%
Official languages Finnish
City Manager Martti Ilmonen
Home page [http://www.kaarina.fi/]

Kaarina (IPA: [ˈkɑːrinɑ]), or S:t Karins in Swedish, is a small city and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 21,568 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 60.59 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.89 km² is inland water. The population density is 361.3 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The famous fetish artist Tom of Finland was born in Kaarina.

Kaarina city centre
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Kaarina city centre

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