Kuivaniemi
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Kuivaniemi | |
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Former municipality | |
| Kuivaniemen kunta Kuivaniemi kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kuivaniemi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 65°36′15″N 025°12′30″E / 65.60417°N 25.20833°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | North Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Oulunkaari |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Consolidated | 2007 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,149.58 km2 (443.86 sq mi) |
| • Land | 927.21 km2 (358.00 sq mi) |
| • Water | 222.37 km2 (85.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2006-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,977 |
| • Density | 2.132/km2 (5.522/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kuivaniemi is a former municipality of Finland.
It was located in the province of Oulu and is part of the North Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,977 on 31 December 2006[2] (ranked 351st) and covered a land area of 927.21 square kilometres (358.00 sq mi) on 1 January 2006.[1] The population density was 2.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.4/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Kuivaniemi was incorporated into Ii municipality on 1 January 2007. The formed municipality inherited Kuivaniemi's seal-sporting coat of arms.
