Uittamo-Skanssi (

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; ''Uittamo-Skansen'' in

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) is a

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(, ) of

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, also known as Ward 3. The ward is located to the southeast of the city and named after

Uittamo Uittamo is a district in the Uittamo-Skanssi ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located in the south of the city, and is a high-density residential suburb. The current () population of Uittamo is 3,635, and it is decreasing at an ann ...

and

Skanssi Skanssi (Finnish language, Finnish; ''Skansen'' in Finland-Swedish, Swedish) is a Districts of Turku, district in the Uittamo-Skanssi ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is in the southeast of the city, and consists mostly of industrial are ...

, two major districts in the ward. Uittamo-Skanssi has a population of 24,026 () and an annual population increase of 0.10%. 15.01% of the ward's population are under 15 years old, while 20.26% are over 65. The ward's

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makeup is 90.87% Finnish, 6.36% Swedish, and 2.77% other.

Districts

The ward consists of 12 districts. One district is divided between Uittamo-Skanssi and another ward.

Notes

* The district of Pihlajaniemi is divided between

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and Uittamo-Skanssi.