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Kuopio , city (1998 pop. 86,203), Eastern Finland prov., central Finland, on Lake Kallavesi. Situated in a large forest region, its industries are based on timber. It is at the head of the Saimaa lake system and is a tourist and inland-navigation center. Kuopio was chartered in 1782. A university was founded there in 1972.

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Kuopio, Finland Founded in 1653, the name is a Finnish version of the Swedish köping ‘market settlement’ or here ‘market town’.

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