What is Kankaanpää?
[[File:Kankaanpää sijainti Suomi.svg|thumb|Location]] [[File:Kankaanpää.vaakuna.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Kankaanpää''' is a [[city]] in [[Satakunta]], [[Finland]]. It had about 12,000 people living there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are [[Honkajoki]], [[Ikaalinen]], [[Jämijärvi]], [[Karvia]], [[Parkano]], [[Pomarkku]], [[Sastamala]] and [[Siikainen]]. The municipality of [[Lavia]] is today a part of [[Pori]]. Lavia is also near Kankaanpää. Municipalities inside Kankaanpää are [[Kankaanpää downtown|Kankaanpää]], [[Niinisalo]], [[Vihteljärvi]], [[Lohikko]], [[Venesjärvi]] and [[Veneskoski]]. The town manager is Mika Hatanpää. Before him the town manager was Paavo Karttunen. ==Sport== - Kankaanpään Suunnistajat (KanSu) [[orienteering]] - Kankaanpään Maila (KaMa) [[baseball]] - Kankaanpään Pallo (KaPa) [[football]] - Kankaanpään Uimarit (KankU) [[swimming]] - etc. ==History== In Kankaanpää has been found lots of [[Stone Age]] artifacts. But not so many [[Copper Age|Copper]] or [[Iron Age]] artifacts. First inhabitants were in Kankaanpää in [[16th century]] with 10 houses. In early [[19th century]] population of Kankaanpää was about 2,000. In [[1850|1850s]] the population was about 4,000. The church of Kankaanpää has been built in [[1839]]. Architect of church was C. L. Engel. There is a military and old cemetery in the garden of church. Other cemeteries are in the downtown and near the church. There were not big battles in Kankaanpää in the Civil war. Sampakoski battle was on [[February 22|22. February]] [[1918]] in Sampakoski near Lavia. The whites won the reds there. There is novadays a [[memorial]] of the battle. Near the battlefield is the cemetery of the reds. Kankaanpää has founded in [[1865]] and it became a market town in [[1967]] and at last a town in [[1972]]. The local magazine Kankaanpään Seutu has founded in [[1968]]. Before it the local magazine was Kankaanpään aluesanomat. The chief reporter of Kankaanpään Seutu is Jarkko Ambrusin. == Other websites =