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Uusikaupunki , Swed. Nystad, city (1996 pop. 17,631), Western Finland prov., SW Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia. A local trade center and port, it has sawmills, machine shops, granite quarries, and a shipyard. It was chartered in 1616 and was the scene (1721) of the signing of the Treaty of Nystad (see Northern War ).

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Uusikaupunki, Finland Nystad Both names mean ‘New Town’. The Swedish Nystad was founded by Gustav Adolf II (1594–1632), King of Sweden (1611–32) with the present Finnish name being a translation from uusi ‘new’ and kaupunki ‘town’.

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