Sodankylä is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 9,373 (2003) and covers an area of 12,416.81 km² of which 643.81 km² is water. The population density is 0.8 inhabitants per km².
The municipality has two official languages: Finnish and Northern Sami.
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