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Pohjola () is a
district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of the
city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
of
Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
, in
Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. It is located to the north of the city centre, between ''Ratapihankatu'' and
Kähäri Kähäri is a district of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the northwest of the city centre. The current () population of Kähäri is 934, which did not change during 2004. 17.77% of the district's population are under 15 years o ...
.
Turku Central railway station Turku Central Station (, ) is a railway station in the VII District of Turku, Finland. It has VR services to Helsinki and towards Joensuu (most terminate in Tampere or Pieksämäki). The station serves approximately a million passengers annually ...
is located in Pohjola, and about half of the district's land area is owned by the VR railway company. The current () population of Pohjola is 1,569, and it is decreasing at an annual rate of 1.27%. 12.62% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 13.77% are over 65. The district's
linguistic Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
makeup is 94.26% Finnish, 3.76% Swedish, and 1.98% other.


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Districts of Turku The city of Turku, Finland is divided into nine wards (''see Wards of Turku''), which in turn are divided into 78 non-governmental districts ( in Finnish, in Swedish). These are composed of individual suburbs, and in the very centre of the city, se ...
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Districts of Turku by population This is a list of the districts of Turku, Finland, sorted by population {{As of, 2004, lc=on. # Runosmäki ''(Runosbacken)'', 10,269 # Varissuo ''(Kråkkärret)'', 8,760 # VII, 8,749 # Nummi ''(Nummis)'', 7,011 # VI, 6,187 # I, 6,177 # VIII ...
250px, left, Image of sports field of Kähäri Districts of Turku {{WesternFinland-geo-stub