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Enontekiö (Eanodat in Northern Sami, Enontekis in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. Northern Saami (also, Sámi or Sami, formerly Lapp) can be divided into a three major dialect groups: Torne, Finnmark and Sea Saami. ...
The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Lapland and is part of the Lapland region. The municipality has a population of 2,100 and covers an area of 8,463.59 km² of which 413.38 km² is water. The population density is 0.3 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ...
The Province of Lapland is one of the Provinces of Finland, and a part of the larger geographical area of Lapland, which spans over four countries. ...
Languages Sami, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian Area - Population - Sami - Non-Sami - (Year) - (Year) Independence None¹ Time zone UTC +1 to +3 ¹/ Integrated parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia respectively, but with varying degrees of autonomy for the Sami population. ...
Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ...
Enontekiö has two official languages: Finnish and Northern Sami. Northern Saami (also, Sámi or Sami, formerly Lapp) can be divided into a three major dialect groups: Torne, Finnmark and Sea Saami. ...
The main village of Enontekiö and the biggest densely populated area is called Hetta (Heahttá in Northern Sami) and about 800 inhabitants live there. Finlands largest waterfall Pihtsusköngäs is located there. Northern Saami (also, Sámi or Sami, formerly Lapp) can be divided into a three major dialect groups: Torne, Finnmark and Sea Saami. ...
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