Sarankulma is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

located in the southern part of

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

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. It borders Härmälä in the north, Peltolammi in the east and the

Pirkkala Pirkkala (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the southwest of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Pirkkala is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . I ...

's municipal border in the west. There is industry in the area and former editorial office of ''

Aamulehti ''Aamulehti'' ( Finnish for "morning newspaper") is a Finnish-language daily newspaper published in Tampere, Finland. Established in 1881 by Finnish patriots in Tampere, the newspaper aimed to bolster the Finnish language and people's identity d ...

'' was previously located in Sarankulma. The Pärrinkoski's

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area is located on the southern border of Sarankulma. The name Sarankulma derives from a croft called ''Sarka'' located at the

Hatanpää Manor Hatanpää Manor () was a manor in the area of the current city of Tampere on the shores of Lake Pyhäjärvi in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was founded in the 1690s, and the current main building of Hatanpää Manor, designed by architect Sebastian G ...

area, which was later divided into the premises of ''Nuutisara'' and ''Pöytäsara''. The district is relatively new, as its

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was approved in 1972. Sarankulma was primarily zoned as an industrial area.

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Sarankulma's location
at Fonecta Districts of Tampere {{WesternFinland-geo-stub