Jakomäki (; ) is a ''quarter'', part of Suurmetsä

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. It has an area of 1.92 km² and a population of 5,481 (2005).http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/506Jakom%C3%A4ki.pdf 2005 statistics and information about Jakomäki The suburb was built within a few years in the 1960s, and it contained only

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s. In the 1970s, blocks of flats were built in northern area of Jakomäki. Jakomäki is located near the border of

Vantaa Vantaa (; , ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the north of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population of Vantaa is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland. Vantaa is part of the Helsinki Metropoli ...

. It is bordered by Kivikko, Heikinlaakso and Tattarisuo. Apartments that are located on the highest points of Jakomäki, do not have more than three floors because of low flying

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that take off from or land to Helsinki-Malmi airport located nearby. Jakomäki has been known for years as one of the notorious

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s in the city. The number of

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in the district is also one of the highest in HelsinkiHelsinki alueittain 2014
(in Finnish)Helsingin seudun aluesarjat
– Tilastokeskus (in Finnish) and one of the lowest in terms of the number of high-educated people.

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Jakomäki: * True Finns 31.9% *

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27.6% * Left Alliance 11.4% *

National Coalition Party The National Coalition Party (NCP; , Kok; , Saml) is a liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It is the current governing political party of Finland. Founded in 1918, the ...

9.3% * Green League 6.8% * Centre Party 3.9% * Christian Democrats 3.7% * Swedish People's Party 1.5%

References

Quarters of Helsinki {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub

Politics

See also

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