Uleåborg

Uleåborg, a seaport town of Russian Finland, capital of a government, stands on the south bank of the Uleå, on the eastern shore and near the head of the Gulf of Bothnia. It was founded in 1605, and nearly all burned down in 1822. It has dockyards, and carries on a trade in tar, pitch, and timber. In 1854 an English flotilla burned the government property in the place. Pop. 12,360.