Siikalatva is a municipality of Finland.

Siikalatva is located in the province

Provinces of Finland

The state of Finland consisted of six provinces between the years 1997 and 2009. The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces...

 of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia

Northern Ostrobothnia

Northern Ostrobothnia is a region of Finland. It borders to the regions Lapland, Kainuu, Northern Savonia, Central Finland and Central Ostrobothnia.- Municipalities :Main article: Municipalities of Northern Ostrobothnia...

 region

Regions of Finland

Finland consists of 19 regions called in Finnish and in Swedish. The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education. In addition,...

. It was created on January 1, 2009 when the municipalities of Kestilä

Kestilä

Kestilä is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region.Established in 1867, the population was 1,574 as of 31 December 2008. The municipality covered an area of of which is water...

, Piippola

Piippola

Piippola is a former municipality of Finland.Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,251 and covered an area of of which is water...

, Pulkkila

Pulkkila

Pulkkila is a former municipality and a village located in Northern Finland. Pulkkila is the administrative center of the municipality of Siikalatva and belongs to the region of Northern Ostrobothnia....

 and Rantsila

Rantsila

Rantsila is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,001 and covered a land area of . The population density was...

 were consolidated into a single municipality.

The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 is PD/km2.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

.

External links

• Municipality of Siikalatva – Official website