Multipoints of Greater Numerical Complexity
In Finland near Turku, the borders of seven municipalities merge on the same point: Pöytyä, Aura, Turku, Rusko, Masku, Nousiainen and Mynämäki meet on the Kuhankuono border marker in Kurjenrahka National Park. The oldest recorded mention of the point dates to 1381, and the number and identity of municipalities participating has varied, with eight being the largest number; in 2009, Yläne merged back to Pöytyä, bringing the number back to seven. But a municipal octapoint has survived up until the present day in the Philippines, and Papuan Bougainvillea is reported to have recently created one too. A municipal sexipoint also exists in the Philippines, and perhaps a dozen quintipoints of various levels of geopolitical subdivisions are also scattered around the world.
Five Floridian counties meet in the middle of Lake Okeechobee.
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