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Inari is a
population centre in the
municipality by the same name in
Lapland,
Finland
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. It is widely known as the capital of Finnish
Sámi culture
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Saamenmaasta, kulttuurista ja mytologiasta – Rantapallo
(in Finnish)
History
The village grew up along in a spot where the fast-flowing Juutua River empties into Lake Inari. As the centuries went by, the village developed into a robust and active market and trade centre. When the municipality of Inari was founded in 1876, the village became its centre.
The people living in Inari then were not, however, the first people to live in the village, as people had been living on the shores of Lake Inari for thousands of years before that. Several stone-age dwellings have been found in Vuopaja, on the edge of town near Siida, the Sámi Museum.
Gallery
File:Sami Cultural Center SAJOS Inari village.JPG, Sajos, the Sami Cultural Center in the Inari village
File:Inari, Suomi - Finland 2013-03-10 a.jpg, Snow in Inari
File:Inari, Suomi - Finland 2013-03-10 Kuukkeli a.jpg, Supermarket in Inari
File:Inari lake.jpg, Inari Lake
File:Hotelli inari2.jpg, Hotel Inari
See also
* Inari Sámi people
* Ivalo
References
External links
Villages in Inari, Finland
Populated lakeshore places in Finland
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