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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Montana
Area > Land	304,473 sq km		[67th of 238]
Area > Total	338,145 sq km		[69th of 250]
Capital city with population	Helsinki - 515,765
Climate cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Haltiatunturi 1,328 m
Forested Land	72%		[9th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	64 00 N, 26 00 E
Land boundaries > Border countries Norway 727 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,313 km
Land use > Arable land	6.54%		[138th of 258]
Largest city population	1,059,000		[83rd of 174]
Largest city with population	Helsinki - 515,765
Location Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia
Map references Europe
Natural resources timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone
Population density	16.89 people per sqkm		[188th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	17.22 people/m²		[167th of 204]
Precipitation	651 mm		[57th of 95]
Surface area > sq. km	338,150 km²		[64th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Haltiatunturi

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