Kaarina:
Kaarina (IPA: [ˈkɑːrinɑ]) (S:t Karins in Swedish) is a small city and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region and is a neighbouring town of Turku, which is the capital of Western Finland, therefore Kaarina is a part of the Greater Turku region. The municipality has a population of 21,568 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 60.59 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.89 km² is inland water. The population density is 361.3 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The famous fetish artist Tom of Finland was born in Kaarina. The legendary founders of funeral doom metal[citation needed], the band Thergothon was formed here in 1989.
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Coordinates: 60°24′25″N 22°22′20″E / 60.40694, 22.37222
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