Kuhmo (known as Kuhmoniemi until 1937)[6] is a town and a municipality in Finland and is located at the south-eastern corner of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 7,585 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 5,456.78 square kilometres (2,106.87 sq mi) of which 649.97 km2 (250.95 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.58 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.1/sq mi). It shares a border of 120 kilometres (75 mi) with Russia (Finnish-Russian border). Neighbouring towns are Hyrynsalmi, Lieksa, Nurmes, Ristijärvi, Sotkamo and Suomussalmi. A neighbour city across the Russian border is Kostomuksha. Vartius, one of the border crossing points between Finland and Russia, is located in northern Kuhmo.
Kuhmo's eastern border is located at a drainage divider, and the town area is within the drainage basin of Oulujärvi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
^ ab"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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^ ab"Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^Kuhmo – kulttuuri- ja erämaakaupunki Archived 2007-03-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
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