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Siikainen
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<p>Siikainen is a <a href="/facts/Municipalities_of_Finland/dqF8lPBT">municipality</a> of <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a>. </p><p>It is located in the former <a href="/facts/Provinces_of_Finland/2QYsw0pT">province</a> of <a href="/facts/Western_Finland/THMHrhUJ">Western Finland</a> and is part of the <a href="/facts/Satakunta_(region)/1Wo8hBPP">Satakunta</a> <a href="/facts/Regions_of_Finland/3Rh0S0xD">region</a>. The municipality has a population of 1,257 (31 March 2025), which make it the smallest municipality in Satakunta in terms of population. The municipality covers an area of 491.33 square kilometres (189.70 sq mi) of which 28.10 square kilometres (10.85 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01). The population density is 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) (31 March 2025). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Heli Kaskiluoto. </p><p>The municipality is unilingually <a href="/facts/Finnish_language/lBuEIgs0">Finnish</a>. </p><p> Siikainen hosts a <a href="/facts/Buddhism/G0wsjrSl">buddhist</a> center Samje and the <a href="/facts/Stupa/0dXQxGA3">Stupa</a> located there was the northern most in the world until 2016. </p>