Siikainen

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Siikainen

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Siikaisten kunta}}
{{lang|sv|Siikais kommun}}

| other_name = Siikais

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Siikainen Etelapaa.jpg

| image_caption = Eteläpää in Siikaniemi

| image_shield = Siikainen.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Siikainen sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Siikainen in Finland

|coordinates = {{coord|61|53|N|021|49|E|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Satakunta

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Northern Satakunta

| leader_title = Municipality manager

| leader_name = Heli Kaskiluoto

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1871

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

| blank3_name = Climate

| blank3_info = Dfc

|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

|timezone_DST = EEST

|utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| website = [http://www.siikainen.fi/ www.siikainen.fi]

}}

Siikainen ({{langx|sv|Siikais}}) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Siikainen}} }} ({{#time: j F Y | {{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}), which make it the smallest municipality in Satakunta in terms of population. The municipality covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Siikainen}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/inland waters area|Siikainen}}|km2}} is inland water ({{Data Finland municipality/total area|sourcedate}}). The population density is {{convert|{{#expr: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Siikainen}}/{{Data Finland municipality/land area|Siikainen}} round 0}}|PD/sqkm}} ({{#time: j F Y | {{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}). The municipal manager of Siikainen is Heli Kaskiluoto.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Siikainen hosts a buddhist center Samje and the Stupa located there was the northern most in the world until 2016.{{Cite web |title=The Siikainen Stupa: The Northernmost Stupa in the World |url=https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/the-siikainen-stupa-the-northernmost-stupa-in-the-world/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Buddhistdoor Global |language=en-US}}{{cite web | url=https://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,12915,0,0,1,0 | title=Buddhist Channel | Europe }}

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