Kemi is a
town and
municipality of
Finland. It is located very near of the city of
Tornio. It was founded in 1869 by royal decree, because of its proximity to a deep water harbour. Kemi is located in the
province of
Lapland. The municipality has a population of 23,424 and covers an area of 91.96 km² of which 1.25 km² is water. The
population density is 256.2 inhabitants per km².The main economic activity in Kemi is centred on two large paper and woodpulp mills and on the only
chromium mine in Europe (which supplies the Outokumpu ferrochrome plant in
Tornio). A
polytechnic university is also situated in Kemi.
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Chemi or Kemi Black land; the native name of Egypt in ancient times, so called because of the blackness of its soil due to the deposits made by the river Nile. In some poetical inscriptions Kemi is placed in contrast to Toshri (the red land) -- referring to the suggestive color of the sandy deserts.
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