Editing Kitee

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Kitee
| official_name      = {{lang|fi|Kiteen kaupunki}}<br />{{lang|sv|Kides stad}}
| other_name         = Kides
| settlement_type    = Town
| image_skyline      = Kitee church.jpg
| image_caption      = Kitee Church
| image_shield       = Kitee.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size        = 120x80px
| image_map          = Kitee sijainti Suomi.svg
| map_caption        = Location of Kitee in Finland
| coordinates        = {{coord|62|06|N|030|08|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[North Karelia]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Central Karelia]]
| leader_title       = [[Town manager]]
| leader_name        = Kirsi Hämäläinen
| established_title  = [[Charter]]
| established_date   = 1631
| established_title2 = [[City rights]]
| established_date2  = 1992
| area_footnotes     = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Kitee}}
| area_total_km2     = {{Data Finland municipality|area_total_km2|Kitee}}
| area_land_km2      = {{Data Finland municipality|area_land_km2|Kitee}}
| area_water_km2     = {{Data Finland municipality|area_water_km2|Kitee}}
| area_rank          = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Kitee}}
| population_as_of   = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Kitee}}
| population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Kitee}}
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| demographics1_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Kitee}}
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| demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Kitee}}
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| demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Kitee}}
| demographics1_title4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title4|Kitee}}
| demographics1_info4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info4|Kitee}}
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| demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Kitee}}
| demographics2_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title1|Kitee}}
| demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Kitee}}
| demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Kitee}}
| demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Kitee}}
| demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Kitee}}
| demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Kitee}}
| blank_name         = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Kitee}}
| blank_info         = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Kitee}}
| timezone           = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
| utc_offset         = +02:00
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +03:00
| website            = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''Kitee''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈkiteː|lang}}; {{langx|sv|Kides}}) is a [[List of cities and towns in Finland|town]] and a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Eastern Finland]] and is part of the [[North Karelia]] [[regions of Finland|region]], about {{convert|65|km}} south of [[Joensuu]] and about {{convert|175|km}} northeast of [[Lappeenranta]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kitee}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count"/><!-- defined by template:Infobox Finnish municipality --> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Kitee}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Kitee}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Kitee|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]]. Neighbouring municipalities are [[Parikkala]], [[Rääkkylä]], [[Savonlinna]] and [[Tohmajärvi]].

==History==
Kitee is known as the <nowiki>''</nowiki>moonshine city of Finland<nowiki>''</nowiki> due to its legal and illegal [[Moonshine by country#Finland|moonshine]] manufacturing.

==Villages==
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* Haapasalo
* Haarajärvi
* Hammaskallio
* Heinoniemi
* Jaakkima
* Juurikka
* Kantosyrjä
* Kiteenkylä
* Kiteenlahti
* Kontiola
* Kunonniemi
* Lahdenkylä
* Leinovaara
* Loukunvaara
* Misola
* [[Muljula]]
* Niinikumpu
* Nivunki
* Närsäkkälä
* Ojamäki
* Piimäjärvi
* Potoskavaara
* [[Puhos (Kitee)|Puhos]]
* Puhossalo
* Päätye
* Riihijärvi
* Rokkala
* Ruppovaara
* Satulavaara
* Suoparsaari
* Suorlahti
* Särkijärvi
* Säynejärvi
* Taipale
* Tasapää
* Tolosenmäki
* Varmoniemi
* Välivaara
{{Div col end}}

==Sports==
The men's [[pesäpallo]] club [[Kiteen Pallo -90]] competes in the [[Superpesis]] national league, playing at [[Shore Field]].

==Notable people==
* Founding members of the symphonic metal band [[Nightwish]] hail from the town of Kitee:
** [[Tarja Turunen]], singer
** [[Emppu Vuorinen]], guitarist
** [[Tuomas Holopainen]], keyboardist
** [[Sami Vänskä]], bassist
** [[Jukka Nevalainen]], drummer
** Only Holopainen and Vuorinen remain in the band to this day.
* [[Antti Aalto (ski jumper)|Antti Aalto]], ski-jumper  
* [[Nils Ludvig Arppe]], industrialist
* [[Tomek Valtonen]], ice hockey coach and player

==See also==
{{Portal|Finland}}
* [[Kitee Airfield]]
* [[Kitee Zoo]]
* [[Lake Kitee]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Kitee}}
* [https://www.kitee.fi/ Town of Kitee] – official website

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Kitee
 | N  = [[Rääkkylä]]
 | NE = [[Tohmajärvi]]
 | E  = {{Flagicon|RUS}} {{Ill|Kaalamskoye|ru|Кааламское сельское поселение}}
 | SE = {{Flagicon|RUS}} {{Ill|Khaapalampinskoye|ru|Хаапалампинское сельское поселение}}
 | S  = [[Parikkala]] ([[South Karelia]])
 | W  = [[Savonlinna]] ([[South Savo]])
}}
{{NorthKarelia}}

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[[Category:Kitee| ]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Finland]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1631]]
[[Category:1631 establishments in Sweden]]


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