Ullava is a former municipality of

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. Ullava was consolidated with the city of

Kokkola Kokkola (; sv, Karleby, ) is a cities of Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. The town is located in the Central Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of ...

on January 1, 2009. It is located in the

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and is part of the

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. The former municipality had a population of 1,037 (2003) and covered an area of 177.03 km² of which 14.35 km² was water. The

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was 6.4 inhabitants per km². The former municipality was unilingually

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