Åland

Åland (Swadish pronunciation: [ˈoːland], Finnish: Ahvenanmaa), is an autonomous region an a airchipelago in the Easter Seas. They are situatit at the entrance tae the Guwf o Bothnie an form an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swadish-speakin region o Finland. The islands collectively constitute the smawest region o Finland, wi anerlie 0.49% o its land aurie, an 0.50% o its population.

Åland Islands Landskapet Åland  (Swadish) Ahvenanmaan maakunta  (Finnish)
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "Islands o Peace"[1]
Anthem: Ålänningens sång "Song of the Ålander"
Location o Åland within Finland
Caipital and largest city	Mariehamn 60°07′N 019°54′E
Offeecial leids	Swadish
Demonym(s)	Ålandic Ålandish Ålänning Åländare Ahvenanmaalainen
Sovereign state	Republic o Finland
Govrenment	Autonomous region o Finland
• Govrenora	Peter Lindbäck
• Premier	Katrin Sjögren
Legislatur	Lagting
Autonomy
• Act on the Autonomy o Åland	7 Mey 1920[2]
• Recognised	1921b
• Jynt the EU	1 Januar 1995c
Aurie
• Total	1,580[3] km2 (610 sq mi) (unranked)
Population
• 2017 estimate	29,489[4]
• Density	18.36/km2 (47.6/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2007 estimate
• Total	$1.563 billion[5]
• Per capita	$55,829
HDI (2017)	0.900[6] verra heich
Currency	Euro (€)d (EUR)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Cawin code	+358e
ISO 3166 code	AX
Internet TLD	.axf
The govrenorship is an admeenistrative post appyntit bi the Govrenment o Finland an daes nae hae any authority ower the autonomous Govrenment o Åland. Settled bi the League o Naitions follaein the Åland Islands dispute. Åland held a separate referendum an then jynt at the same time as the rest o Finland. Til 1999, the Finnish markka. The Swadish krona (SEK) is an aw widely uised. Aurie code 18. Replacin .aland.fi frae August 2006. The .eu domain is an aw used, as it is shared wi Finland an the rest o European Union member states.

Åland comprises Fasta Åland (the "Main Island," wi 90% o the population),^[7] thegither wi an airchipelago tae the east that comprises ower 6,500 skerries an islands. Fasta Åland is separatit frae the coast o Swaden bi 38 kilometres (24 mi) o open water tae the wast. In the east, the Åland airchipelago is contiguous wi the Finnish Airchipelago Sea. Åland's anerlie land border is locatit on the uninhabitit skerry o Märket,^[8] which it shares wi Swaden.

Acause o the autonomous status o the Åland Islands, the pouers exercised at the provincial level bi representatives o the central state admeenistration in the rest o Finland are lairgely exercised bi the Govrenment o Åland in Åland.

Municipalities

Main airticle: Municipalities o Åland

Brändö Eckerö Finström Föglö

Geta Hammarland Jomala Kumlinge

Kökar Lemland Lumparland Mariehamn

Saltvik Sottunga Sund Vårdö

References

1. Tim Vickery, Associated Press (18 July 2004) Deseret News.
2. Hurst Hannum (1993). "Agreement between Sweden and Finland Relating to Guarantees in the Law of 7 May 1920 on the Autonomy of the Aaland Islands". Basic Documents on Autonomy and Minority Rights. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 141. ISBN 0-7923-1977-X.
3. "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, helmikuu.2016". Pxnet2.stat.fi. Archived frae the original on 10 Apryle 2016. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2016.
4. "Ålands officiella statistikmyndighet". asub.ax.
5. "Välkommen till ÅSUB! - Ålands statistik- och utredningsbyrå". Asub.ax. Archived frae the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
6. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
7. "The Åland Islands". Archived frae the original on 9 Mey 2012. Retrieved 23 Januar 2013.
8. an account of the border on Märket, and how it was redrawn in 1985, appears in Hidden Europe Magazine, 11 (November 2006) pp. 26-29 ISSN 1860-6318

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