Kauhava 考哈瓦
Kauhava is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region, 400 kilometres (250 mi) northwest of Helsinki and by the main railway from Helsinki to Oulu. The town has a population of 16,943 (30 June 2015) and covers an area of 1,328.37 square kilometres (512.89 sq mi) of which 14.63 km (5.65 sq mi) is water. The population density is 12.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (33/sq mi).