# Pokkinen

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{{Infobox settlement
| name 			= Pokkinen
| settlement_type 	= District of Oulu
| image_skyline 	= Montage Pokkinen Oulu.jpg
| subdivision_type 	= Country
| subdivision_name 	= [Finland](/source/Finland)
| subdivision_type1 	= City
| subdivision_name1 	= [Oulu](/source/Oulu)
| subdivision_type2 	= Areas of Oulu
| subdivision_name2 	= City Centre
| population_footnotes 	= <ref name="ouka2013">{{cite web | url = http://www.ouka.fi/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=a396b925-df77-42a8-9c79-9254626580b2&groupId=50085 | title = Oulun kaupungin ikäluokkatilasto kaupunginosittain 1.1.2013 | format = pdf | publisher = City of Oulu | year = 2013 | accessdate = July 12, 2013}}</ref>
| population_as_of 	= 2013
| population_total 	= 2&nbsp;333
|postal_code_type       = [Postal code](/source/Postal_codes_in_Finland)
|postal_code            = 90100
}}
'''Pokkinen''' is a district of the city centre area of [Oulu](/source/Oulu), [Finland](/source/Finland). Together with districts of [Vaara](/source/Vaara%2C_Oulu) and [Vanhatulli](/source/Vanhatulli), Pokkinen forms the [central business district](/source/central_business_district) of Oulu. It is bounded by the estuary of the [Oulujoki](/source/Oulujoki) river to the west, the [Koskikeskus](/source/Koskikeskus) and [Myllytulli](/source/Myllytulli) districts to the north, the Vaara district to the east and the Vanhatulli district to the south.<ref name="OukaMap">{{cite map |publisher= City of Oulu |title= Oulun suuralue- ja kaupunginosajako 1.1.2013 alkaen |trans-title=Subdivisions of the City of Oulu on Jan 1, 2013 |year= 2013 |url= http://kartta.ouka.fi/photos/kaupunginosat_ja_suuralueet_2013.pdf |scale= |series= |version= |cartography= |page= |pages= |section= |inset= |edition= |location= |language= |format= pdf |isbn= |id= |ref= |accessdate= 2013-08-07 |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>

Pokkinen is the oldest part of Oulu. [The city hall](/source/Oulu_City_Hall), [Oulu Cathedral](/source/Oulu_Cathedral), the [market square](/source/Market_Square%2C_Oulu) and other cultural and municipal institutions are located in the district.

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