North Karelia (Finnish: Pohjois-Karjala; Swedish: Norra Karelen) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of Kainuu, Northern Savonia, Southern Savonia and South Karelia, as well as Russia.
Joensuu (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjoensuː]; lit. "mouth of the river"), a city and municipality in North Karelia in the province of Eastern Finland, was founded in 1848. The population of Joensuu is 75,652 (August 31, 2017), although the economic region of Joensuu has a population of 115,000. Typical of cities in Eastern Finland, Joensuu is monolingually Finnish.
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