Pori

Pori (Swedish: Björneborg, Latin: Arctopolis) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäenjoki river. Pori was established in 1558 by Duke John who became later John III of Sweden.

The municipality has a population of 85,331 (30 June 2015) and covers an area of 1,704.07 square kilometres (657.95 sq mi) of which 870.01 km² (335.91 sq mi) is water. The population density is 102.31/km² (265.0/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. It is the 11th largest city in Finland, and the 7th largest urban area. Pori is also the capital of the Satakunta region (pop. 224,028) and the Pori sub-region (pop. 136,905).

Name

The name Pori comes from the -borg part (meaning city or castle) of the original name in Swedish with a Fennicised pronunciation. The Swedish name Björneborg means Bear City (Bear Castle), and the Latin Arctopolis also means Bear City.

History

Early years

City of Pori was established in 1558 by Duke John of Finland (Finnish: Juhana III or Juhana-herttua) who was later known as John III of Sweden. It was a successor to the medieval towns of Teljä (Kokemäki) and Ulvila. Sailing the Kokemäki river had become more and more difficult since the 14th century due to the post-glacial rebound. The importance of Kokemäki and Ulvila began to decline as the ships could no longer navigate the river. In the 16th century the situation had become so bad that Duke John decided to establish a new harbour and market town closer to the sea.

Pori (film)

Pori (English: Sparks) is a 2007 Tamil film directed by Subramaniam Siva. Subramaniam Siva, who rendered his debut Thiruda Thirudi, a 2004 runaway blockbuster. This film has Jiiva in the lead and Pooja as his lady love. It has been dubbed in Hindi as Naya Zalzala.The film met with negative reviews and turned out to be a box office bomb.

Plot

Hari (Jiiva) is an unemployed youth who runs a pavement book shop in Tripiclane area. His father (Nagesh) an upright retired school teacher buys him a shop in a building with his PF money. He names it "Periyar Bookshop" and runs it with friend Karunas. Meanwhile he constantly bumps into Pooja (Pooja), a television reporter and a love-hate relationship happens!

However, one day a Malaysian-based businessman (Seeman) comes and evicts him from the shop claiming that the place belongs to him. Hari discovers that his father was cheated by a land mafia gang which specializes in forged documents and is hand-in-glove with revenue officials. Hari decides to take the gauntlet and unveil the evil forces behind those property grabbers.

Pori (disambiguation)

Pori is a city in Finland.

Pori may also refer to: