Nuottasaari is a district of

Oulu Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...

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. It is located south of the city centre of Oulu. Nuottasaari is bounded by the delta of the

Oulujoki Oulujoki is a river in Oulu province, Finland. Its name in Finnish means literally "Oulu River" ( sv, Ule älv), originally in old Northern Ostrobothnian dialect literally "Flood River". Its origin is Oulujärvi and its watershed area covers a ...

river in the Northwest, the

Bothnian Bay The Bothnian Bay or Bay of Bothnia (; ) is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Bothnia, which is in turn the northern part of the Baltic Sea. The land holding the bay is still rising after the weight of ice-age glaciers has been removed, and w ...

and the Äimärautio district in the South and the Limingantulli, Leveri and Hollihaka districts in the East. Nuottasaari is mainly industrial area with the

Stora Enso Stora Enso Oyj (from sv, Stora and fi, Enso ) is a manufacturer of pulp, paper and other forest products, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. The majority of sales takes place in Europe, but there are also significant operations in Asia and S ...

pulp and paper mill dominating the scene. The Oritkari and Nuottasaari harbours of the

Port of Oulu Port of Oulu (''Oulun satama'' in Finnish) is a complex of three separate harbours located at the mouth of Oulujoki river in Oulu, Finland. Port of Oulu is a corporation owned by the City of Oulu. Annual average of 3 million tons of cargo is shipp ...

are located in the district. There is a small residential area along the Niilontie and Aleksanterinkatu streets in the northern part of the district, but all in all, there are only 372 residents in the district. The Heinäpää Sports Centre is located in Nuottasaari. There are municipal facilities for indoor and outdoor association football, skateboarding, athletics, cross-country skiing, ice hockey, rink bandy and snow boarding.

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{{Commonscat-inline Districts of Oulu