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Kitee (Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality in Finland.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 9,876 (31 December 2021) and covers an area of 1,724.41 square kilometres (665.80 sq mi) of which 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) is water. The population density is 11.41 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.6/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.