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Southern Finland Province
Place in Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Southern Finland (Finnish: Etelä-Suomen lääni, Swedish: Södra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Finland and Russia.
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Southern Finland Province
Etelä-Suomen lääni Södra Finlands län | |
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Country | Finland |
Established | September 1, 1997 |
Abolished | January 1, 2010 |
Capital | Hämeenlinna |
Largest city | Helsinki |
Government | |
• Governor | Anneli Taina |
Area | |
• Total | 34,378 km2 (13,273 sq mi) |
Population (December 31, 2009) | |
• Total | 2,209,677 |
• Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
ISO 3166 code | ES |
NUTS code | 18 |
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