Sampo is one of the main districts in the city center of

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

in Pirkanmaa,

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 ...

. So-called planning area of Sampo includes the statistical areas of

Kalevanrinne Kalevanrinne is a district of Tampere, Finland. It is located in the Sampo area between the districts of Kaleva and Järvensivu, bordering Liisankallio and Kalevanharju in the west, Hakametsä and Vuohenoja in the east. The city plan of Kale ...

Liisankallio Liisankallio is a district of Tampere, Finland. The district, formerly known as ''Tammelan vainio'' ("Tammela Field"), is located east of the Tammela, Tampere, Tammela and Tulli (district), Tulli districts. To the north is the Petsamo, Tampere, P ...

Petsamo Petsamo may refer to: * Petsamo Province, a province of Finland from 1921 to 1922 * Petsamo, Tampere, a district in Tampere, Finland * Pechengsky District, Russia, formerly known as Petsamo * Pechenga (urban-type settlement), Murmansk Oblast, Russi ...

Lappi Lappi is the name for several geographical areas. In Finland: * Lappi is the Finnish name for Sápmi (area), Lapland and the Lapland (Finland), northernmost region of Finland. ** Laponia (historical province), a historical province of Sweden (inclu ...

Lapinniemi Lapinniemi () is a district in the northern part of Tampere, Finland. It is located on a peninsula formed on the shores of Lake Näsijärvi. Neighboring parts of the city are Petsamo, Lappi and Tampella. It is about a kilometer from the city c ...

Kaleva Kaleva or Kalevi may refer to: * CWT Kaleva Travel, a travel management company based in Finland * Kalevi (mythology) Kaleva – also known as Kalevi or Kalev – and his sons are important heroic figures in Estonian, Finnish and Karelian mytho ...

, Järvensivu, Vuohenoja,

Kauppi Kauppi is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Emil Kauppi (1865–1930), Finnish composer *Kalle Kauppi (1892–1961), Finnish legal scholar and politician * Waino Kauppi (1898-1932), musician *Raili Kauppi (1920–1995), ...

and

Kissanmaa Kissanmaa is a district in the eastern part of Tampere, Finland, along the Teiskontie street. It belongs to the subdivision of Sampo, and it is located 3 kilometers from the city center. Kissanmaa is surrounded by Ruotula and Uusikylä in the e ...

. Sampo is home to the Sampo School, a

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...

with 1–9. classes, which forms a common school path with the Kissanmaa School when moving to the 7th grade. Sampo's school also has a Sairaalankatu office. The name "Sampo" refers to the mythological artifact

Sampo In Finnish mythology, the ''Sampo'' () is a magical device or object described in many different ways that was constructed by the blacksmith Ilmarinen and that brought riches and good fortune to its holder, akin to the horn of plenty (cornucopi ...

mentioned in the Finnish national epic, the ''

Kalevala The ''Kalevala'' ( fi, Kalevala, ) is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and r ...

''. A newspaper called ''Sampo'' was also published in Tampere in 1888.

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