🇫🇮 Pudasjärvi is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region, 87 km (54 mi) north-east of the city of Oulu and 130 km (81 mi) south-west of the town of Kuusamo. The town covers an area of 5,867.23 square km (2,265.35 sq mi) of which 228.67 km² (88.29 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.34 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.5/sq mi). In terms of area in square kilometres, Pudasjärvi is the second largest township in Finland (as of 2006, Rovaniemi is the largest) and one of the largest in the world. It's also one of the most sparsely inhabited.
Pudasjärvi is famed for its nature, and is the home of the southernmost fell area in Finland, Syöte.
The oldest dated rock formations within the European Union can be found in Siuruankylä, Pudasjärvi. The trondhjemite gneiss is aged 3,500 million years.
Two Finnish melodic death metal bands, Kalmah and Eternal Tears of Sorrow formed in Pudasjärvi.
The Big Dipper and the bear of the Pudasjärvi's coat of arms are based on the old seal of the parish keeper. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers, and the Pudasjärvi town council approved it at its meeting on August 2, 1950. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on September 26 of the same year.
🇷🇺 Novy Urengoy 66.087
🇺🇦 Khmelnytskyi 27
🇿🇦 Masilonyana 27.017
🇹🇷 Kucukcigli 27.05
🇿🇦 Potchefstroom 27.095
🇹🇷 Karabaglar 27.117
Locations Near: Pudasjärvi 27,65.35
🇫🇮 Kajaani 27.733,64.223 d: 130
🇫🇮 Rovaniemi 25.725,66.497 d: 140.1
🇫🇮 Kemi 24.562,65.735 d: 120.1
🇫🇮 Kuopio 27.693,62.893 d: 275.3
🇫🇮 Ylivieska 24.533,64.067 d: 184.6
🇫🇮 Jyväskylä 25.748,62.243 d: 350.9
🇫🇮 Mikkeli 27.277,61.693 d: 406.8
Antipodal to: Pudasjärvi -153,-65.35
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 14692.4
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 14840.2
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14181.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14113.4
🇨🇱 Punta Arenas -70.91,-53.162 d: 15525.5
🇨🇱 Coyhaique -72.067,-45.567 d: 14903.2
🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14564
🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14564