Uukuniemi

Uukuniemi is a former municipality of Finland.

It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 516 (2003) and it covered an area of 156.58 km² of which 54.88 km² was water. The population density was 5.1 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish. It was annexed with municipalities of Saari and Parikkala on January 1, 2005. The new municipality was named Parikkala.

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Parikkala, Saari and Uukuniemi

Municipalities of South Karelia

Municipalities	Imatra Lappeenranta Lemi Luumäki Parikkala Rautjärvi Ruokolahti Savitaipale Taipalsaari

Former municipalities	Joutseno Lappee Lauritsala Nuijamaa Saari Simpele Suomenniemi Uukuniemi Ylämaa

South Karelia Finland

Coordinates: 61°47′10″N 30°00′25″E / 61.78611°N 30.00694°E / 61.78611; 30.00694

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