The city 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, is divided into nine

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s ( in

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, in

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), which are further divided into 78

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s (''see

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 ...

''). The ward division does not always follow district boundaries. The wards are identified by numbers from one to nine, as well as by a semi-official name.

Wards

City Centre A city centre is the commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart of a city. The term "city centre" is primarily used in British English, and closely equivalent terms exist in other languages, such as "" in Fren ...

(''Keskusta''/''Centrum'') # Hirvensalo-Kakskerta #

Uittamo-Skanssi Uittamo-Skanssi (Finnish; ''Uittamo-Skansen'' in Swedish) is a ward (, ) of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 3. The ward is located to the southeast of the city and named after Uittamo and Skanssi, two major districts in the ward. Uittamo-Skanss ...

(''Uittamo-Skansen'') #

Itäharju-Varissuo Itäharju-Varissuo (Finnish; ''Österås-Kråkkärret'' in Swedish) is a ward (, ) of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 4. The ward is located to the east of the city and named after Itäharju and Varissuo, two major districts in the ward. Itä ...

(''Österås-Kråkkärret'') #

Koroinen Koroinen (Finnish; ''Korois'' in Swedish) is a district in the Koroinen ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the north of the city centre, across the river Aura from the Turku Student Village. Koroinen is mostly non-built-u ...

(''Korois'') # Tampereentie (''Tammerforsvägen'') #

Kuninkoja Kuninkoja is a ward ( in Finnish, in Swedish) of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 7. The ward is located to the northwest of the city centre and named after the historical area of the city that it occupies. There is also a district called Kunink ...

# Naantalintie (''Nådendalsvägen'') #

Maaria-Paattinen Maaria-Paattinen (Finnish; ''S:t Marie-Patis'' in Swedish) is a ward (, ) of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 9. The ward includes almost half of the city's land area, and is its most sparsely populated district. It is located to the north of th ...

(''S:t Marie-Patis'')