Koivuluoman kota
The place
Koivuluoman kota ("Kota of the birch meander") in the South Ostrobothnia region, in the Kauhajoki/Karvia area (western Finland), at a true elevation of about 120 m (the listed 0 m is an error), on the Suomenselkä plain. Part of the continuous Finland cluster (batches 240-354). A traditional Sami/Finnish kota (a conical shelter built from stone, wood and turf for semi-permanent use by hunters and herders, part of the heritage of Metsähallitus, the Finnish state agency, which maintains 200+ free autiotupa cabins in South Ostrobothnia), in an area of boreal taiga with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and silver birch (Betula pendula) on the post-glacial granite Suomenselkä plateau (5000 BC), and part of the heritage of the Kven people (Finnish Kven of northern Norway, about 50,000, speakers of the Finno-Ugric Kven language, critically endangered per UNESCO with about 3,000 speakers, undergoing assimilation into the dominant Finnish/Norwegian population).
The setting
South Ostrobothnia, Kauhajoki/Karvia, western Finland, listed elevation 0 m erroneous, ~120 m actual, Suomenselkä plain, continuous cluster batches 240-354, Sami/Finnish kota conical shelter stone+wood+turf semi-permanent Metsähallitus 200+ autiotupa, taiga Pinus sylvestris/Betula pendula Suomenselkä post-glacial granite 5000 BC, Kven people about 50,000 Finno-Ugric Kven language UNESCO critically endangered ~3,000 speakers assimilation.
