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Uusimaa (historical province)
Historical province of Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the former historical jurisdiction; linguistic and cultural province. For other former provinces by this name, see Uusimaa (disambiguation).
Uusimaa (Swedish: Nyland) is a historical province in the south of Finland. It borders Finland Proper, Tavastia, Savonia, and Karelia. The English translation would be "new land". From the Middle Ages to 1809, most of the present-day Finland was a part of Sweden. Uusimaa (Nyland) was thus also included among the historical Swedish provinces.
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i.e. regions with pink colour)
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