Itäharju-Varissuo (

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; ''Österås-Kråkkärret'' in

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) is a

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(, ) of

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, also known as Ward 4. The ward is located to the east of the city and named after

Itäharju Itäharju ( sv, Österås) is a district in the Itäharju-Varissuo ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the east of the city centre, and consists mostly of industrial area, brownfields and low-density residential area. Since ...

and

Varissuo Varissuo (Finnish; ''Kråkkärret'' in Swedish) is a district and the largest suburb of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located seven kilometres to the east of the city centre, and is the easternmost major suburb of Turku, bordering on the ne ...

, two major districts in the ward. Itäharju-Varissuo has a population of 27,883 () and an annual population decrease of 1.26%. 17.75% of the ward's population are under 15 years old, while 13.21% are over 65. It is probably the most multicultural of the city's wards, and this is reflected in the

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makeup, which is 84.17% Finnish, 3.06% Swedish, and 12.77% other.

Districts

The ward consists of nine districts. One of them is divided with another ward.