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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Montana
Area > Land	304,473 sq km		[67th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	338,145 sq km		[69th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Helsinki - 515,765
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Haltiatunturi 1,328 m
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forested Land	72%		[9th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	64 00 N, 26 00 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Norway 727 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,313 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	6.54%		[138th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	1,059,000		[83rd of 174]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city with population	Helsinki - 515,765
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Europe
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Population density	16.89 people per sqkm		[188th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	17.22 people/m²		[167th of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	651 mm		[57th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	338,150 km²		[64th of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain	Haltiatunturi
Source: World Development Indicators database

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