Kaamanen
Encyclopedia
Kaamanen is a village
in the municipality of Inari
, Lapland.
The village counts about 200 inhabitants, whose main sources of livelihood are reindeer
husbandry and tourism
. The area is extremely valuable for bird-watchers and there are relatively important hiking paths.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the municipality of Inari
Inari, Finland
Inari is Finland's largest, sparsely populated municipality with four official languages, more than any other in the country. Its major sources of income are lumber industry and nature maintenance. With the museum Siida in the village of Inari, it is a center of Sami culture...
, Lapland.
The village counts about 200 inhabitants, whose main sources of livelihood are reindeer
Reindeer
The reindeer , also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and one has already gone extinct.Reindeer vary considerably in color and size...
husbandry and tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
. The area is extremely valuable for bird-watchers and there are relatively important hiking paths.