VARKAUS

city, Kuopion (Kuopio) lni (province), southeastern Finland, on the western branch of the Saimaa lake system, south of the city of Kuopio. Varkaus has been a major industrial centre since the establishment of a foundry and machine works in 1850. It has become one of Finland's leading woodworking and pulp- and paper-manufacturing centres, and most of Finland's lake ships are built there. Pop. (1993 est.) 24,554.