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Location of Taivalkoski on the map of Finland.
Taivalkoski is a municipality of Finland, it is located in the Province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region.
The municipality has a population of 4,869 (end of 2003) and covers an area of 2,657.50 km² of which 200.88 km² is water. The population density is 2.0 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Taivalkoski was the home of famous writer Kalle Päätalo and tv-comedian Pekka Jalava. Also world champion ski jumper Tapio Räisänen and ice hockey-player Joni Pitkänen were born in Taivalkoski.
Taivalkoski is also famous of beautiful river Iijoki, which runs through the central of the village.