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Keskipohjanmaa

Finnish newspaper published in Kokkola

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 1, 2025
Entity authorityQ3080775 ↗
Source-derived summary

Keskipohjanmaa is a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Kokkola, Finland.

History and profile

Keskipohjanmaa was first published on 5 December 1917. Its headquarters is in Kokkola. The paper has also regional offices in Haapajärvi, Kalajoki, Jakobstad, Veteli and Ylivieska.

Keskipohjanmaa was the organ of the Centre Party until 1996 when it declared its independence.

The circulation of Keskipohjanmaa was 27,907 copies in 2006.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Keskipohjanmaa” is finnish newspaper published in Kokkola. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Keskipohjanmaa, Finnish and newspaper, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1917, 1996, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1917. For this dossier, Keskipohjanmaa, Finnish and newspaper is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “finnish newspaper published in Kokkola” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 1, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3080775. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1917, 1996 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from “Keskipohjanmaa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.