- Pyhäjokilaakso
Pyhäjokilaakso stands for the "basin of Pyhäjoki river", located in
Ostrobothnia ,Finland . At the mouth of the river, lays the town ofPyhäjoki . The Pyhäjoki river runs to theGulf of Bothnia of theBaltic Sea .Municipalities in the area are
Pyhäjärvi ,Haapavesi ,Kärsämäki ,Merijärvi ,Oulainen and Pyhäjoki.The river name Pyhäjoki translates directly to "
Sacred River". In Finland, there are a number of places, towns, villages or geographical spots named with the preposition 'Pyhä-' (sacred), e.g. Pyhäjoki (Sacred river), Pyhäjärvi (Sacred lake). The background of these names comes probably from ancient Finnish pagan beliefs.
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