Pello

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Pello is a municipality of Finland.

Location on Finnish map
Location on Finnish map

It is located approximately 20km north of the Arctic Circle in the province of Lapland and is part of the Lapland region. The municipality has a population of 4,586 (2003) and covers an area of 1,865.64 km² of which 122.87 km² is water. The population density is 2.6 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Pello is also the name of a village in Sweden, on the opposite side of the Torne River in Övertorneå Municipality. 185 inhabitants (2000).

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Coordinates: 66°46′30″N, 23°57′55″E