Sampo (district)

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Baptist church of Tampere in Kissanmaa, Sampo

Sampo is one of the main districts in the city center of Tampere in Pirkanmaa, Finland. So-called planning area of Sampo includes the statistical areas of Kalevanrinne, Liisankallio, Petsamo, Lappi, Lapinniemi, Kaleva, Järvensivu, Vuohenoja, Kauppi and Kissanmaa.[1]

Sampo is home to the Sampo School, a primary school with 1–9. classes, which forms a common school path with the Kissanmaa School when moving to the 7th grade. Sampo's school also has a Sairaalankatu office.[2]

The name "Sampo" refers to the mythological artifact Sampo mentioned in the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. A newspaper called Sampo was also published in Tampere in 1888.[3]

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  1. ^ Tampere alueittain 2013 (in Finnish). Tampere: City of Tampere. 2013. pp. 11–14.
  2. ^ Sammon koulu – Tampere (in Finnish)
  3. ^ Suomen lehdistön historia 6: Hakuteos Kotokulma – Savon Lehti (in Finnish). Kuopio: Kustannuskiila Oy. 1988. p. 339. ISBN 951-657-240-5.