Bjorneborg
BJORNEBORG (Finnish, Pori), a district town of Finland, province of Abo-Björneborg, on the E. coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, at the mouth of the Kumo. Lat. 51° 8' N., long. 46° 0' E. Pop. (1904) 16,053, mostly Swedes. Large vessels cannot enter its roadstead, and stop at Räfsö. The town has shipbuilding wharves, machine works, and several tanneries and brick-works, and has a total trade of over 16,000,000 marks, the chief export being timber.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
