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HANGO , a See also:port and See also:sea-bathing resort situated on the promontory of Hangoudd, to the extreme See also:south-See also:west of See also:Finland . Hango owes its commercial importance to the fact that it is practically the only See also:winter See also:ice-See also:free port in Finland, and is thus of value both to the Finnish and the See also:Russian sea-See also:borne See also:trade . When incorporated in 1874 it had only a few See also:hundred inhabitants; in 1900 it had 2501 and it has now over six thousand (5986 in 1904) . It is connected by railway with See also:Helsingfors and Tammerfors, and is the centre of the Finnish See also:butter export, which now amounts to over £1,000,000 yearly . There is a considerable import of See also:coal, See also:cotton, See also:iron and breadstuffs, the See also:chief exports being butter, See also:fish, See also:timber and See also:wood pulp . During the See also:period of See also:emigration, owing to See also:political troubles with See also:Russia, over 12,000 Finns sailed from Hango in a single See also:year (1901), mostly for the See also:United States and See also:Canada . Hango now takes front See also:rank as a fashionable watering-See also:place, especially for wealthy Russians; having a dry See also:climate and a See also:fine strand . |
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