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Encyclopedia > Region of Finland
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Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). The regions are governed by Regional Councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region.

Contents
1 Regions grouped by province

1.1 Lapland Province
1.2 Oulu Province
1.3 Eastern Finland
1.4 Western Finland
1.5 Southern Finland
1.6 Åland

2 Coats of Arms (Selection)
3 See also
4 External links

Regions grouped by province

  1. Lapland Province

  2. Lapland (Lappi/ Lappland)

    Oulu Province

  3. Northern Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa/ Norra Österbotten)
  4. Kainuu (Kainuu/ Kajanaland)

    Eastern Finland

  5. North Karelia (Pohjois-Karjala/ Norra Karelen)
  6. Northern Savonia (Pohjois-Savo/ Norra Savolax)
  7. Southern Savonia (Etelä-Savo/ Södra Savolax)

    Western Finland

  8. Southern Ostrobothnia (Etelä-Pohjanmaa/ Södra Österbotten)
  9. Ostrobothnia (Pohjanmaa/ Österbotten)
  10. Pirkanmaa (Pirkanmaa/ Birkaland)
  11. Satakunta (Satakunta/ Satakunda)
  12. Central Ostrobothnia (Keski-Pohjanmaa/ Mellersta Österbotten)
  13. Central Finland (Keski-Suomi/ Mellersta Finland)
  14. Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi/ Egentliga Finland)
    Regions of Finland

    Southern Finland

  15. South Karelia (Etelä-Karjala/ Södra Karelen)
  16. Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme/ Päijänne Tavastland)
  17. Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme/ Egentliga Tavastland)
  18. Uusimaa (Uusimaa/ Nyland)
  19. Eastern Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa/ Östra Nyland)
  20. Kymenlaakso (Kymenlaakso/ Kymmenedalen)

    Åland

  21. Åland Islands¹ (Landskapet Åland²)

¹ The role that the Regional Councils serve on Mainland Finland are on the Åland Islands handled by the autonomous Government of Åland.
² The Åland Islands are unilingually Swedish. The name in Finnish language is Ahvenanmaa.


Coats of Arms (Selection)


See also

External links

  • Regional Councils of Finland (http://www.reg.fi/) - Official site

  Results from FactBites:
 
Regions of Finland - Definition, explanation (390 words)
The regions are governed by Regional Councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region.
Regions represent dialectal, cultural and economic variations better than the provinces, which are purely administrative divisions of the central government.
¹ The role that the Regional Councils serve on Mainland Finland are on the Ã…land Islands handled by the autonomous Government of Ã…land.
Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Regions of Finland (56 words)
Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta, landskap).
The municipalities of a region are associated with a Regional Council[?].
See also: Provinces of Finland, Municipalities of Finland, Historical provinces of Finland
  More results at FactBites »


 

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