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Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill" in English) is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about 69 kilometres (43 mi) north of Helsinki and 109 km (68 mi) southeast of Tampere. It is somewhat of a railway junction, since the railway tracks going from different parts of the nation to Helsinki merge there. Sako, Ltd. has a major factory in Riihimäki. The town is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The town has a population of 28,621 (30 June 2009)[2] and covers an area of 125.57 square kilometres (48.48 sq mi) of which 4.54 km2 (1.75 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 236.48 inhabitants per square kilometre (612.5 /sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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