Kitee

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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kitee

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Kiteen kaupunki}}
{{lang|sv|Kides stad}}

| other_name = Kides

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Kitee church.jpg

| image_caption = Kitee Church

| image_shield = Kitee.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Kitee sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Kitee in Finland

| coordinates = {{coord|62|06|N|030|08|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = North Karelia

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Central Karelia

| leader_title = Town manager

| leader_name = Kirsi Hämäläinen

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1631

| established_title2 = City rights

| established_date2 = 1992

| area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Kitee}}

| area_total_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_total_km2|Kitee}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_land_km2|Kitee}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_water_km2|Kitee}}

| area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Kitee}}

| population_as_of = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Kitee}}

| population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Kitee}}

| population_total = {{Data Finland municipality|population_total|Kitee}}

| population_density_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|population_density_km2|Kitee}}

| population_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|population_rank|Kitee}}

| demographics_type1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type1|Kitee}}

| demographics1_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Kitee}}

| demographics1_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title1|Kitee}}

| demographics1_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info1|Kitee}}

| demographics1_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title2|Kitee}}

| demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Kitee}}

| demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Kitee}}

| demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Kitee}}

| demographics1_title4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title4|Kitee}}

| demographics1_info4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info4|Kitee}}

| demographics_type2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type2|Kitee}}

| demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Kitee}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title1|Kitee}}

| demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Kitee}}

| demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Kitee}}

| demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Kitee}}

| demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Kitee}}

| demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Kitee}}

| blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Kitee}}

| blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Kitee}}

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +02:00

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| website = {{Official URL}}

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Kitee ({{IPA|fi|ˈkiteː|lang}}; {{langx|sv|Kides}}) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region, about {{convert|65|km}} south of Joensuu and about {{convert|175|km}} northeast of Lappeenranta. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kitee}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Kitee}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Kitee}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Kitee|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.