Jakomäki ( sv, Jakobacka) is a ''quarter'', part of

Suurmetsä Suurmetsä ( Finnish), Storskog (Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedi ...

neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland. 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 council houses. In the 1970s, blocks of flats were built in northern area of Jakomäki. Jakomäki is located near the border of Vantaa. It is bordered by

Kivikko Kivikko ( sv, Stensböle) is a quarter of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Part of the Mellunkylä district, it was built during the 1990s and the first decade of the 2000s. The quarter is located on the west side of Kontula, an important subr ...

Heikinlaakso Heikinlaakso ( Finnish), Henriksdal (Swedish) is a northeastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. Politics Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Heikinlaakso: * National Coalition Party 29.3% *Social Democratic Party 21.6% ...

and

Tattarisuo Tattarisuo (Finnish), Tattarmossen (Swedish) is a northeastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland, east of the Helsinki-Malmi airport. It has a population of 70 (in 2005), and contains 1084 jobs (December 2003). The neighbourhood consists mostly of ...

. Apartments that are located on the highest points of Jakomäki, do not have more than three floors because of low flying general aviation aircraft that take off from or land to Helsinki-Malmi airport located nearby. Jakomäki has been known for years as one of the notorious

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

s in the city. The number of unemployed 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 Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 April 2011 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Advance voting, which included voting by Finnish expatriates, was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout of 31.2%. The ...

in Jakomäki: * True Finns 31.9% * Social Democratic Party 27.6% * Left Alliance 11.4% * National Coalition Party 9.3% * Green League 6.8% * Centre Party 3.9% * Christian Democrats 3.7% * Swedish People's Party 1.5%

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Quarters of Helsinki {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub

Politics

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