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Helsinki
capital and most populous city of Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helsinki (Swedish: Helsingfors) is the capital city of Finland. Helsinki is the largest city in Finland. 604,380 (31.12.2012) people live in Helsinki, and 1,360,000 live in the Helsinki metropolitan area.
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Helsinki
Helsinki – Helsingfors | |
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City | |
Helsingin kaupunki Helsingfors stad City of Helsinki | |
![]() Clockwise from top: Helsinki Cathedral, view of central Helsinki, Headquarters of Sanoma, Helsinki city centre at night, beaches at Aurinkolahti, Parliament House and Suomenlinna. | |
Nickname(s): Stadi, Hesa[1] | |
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Coordinates: 60°10′15″N 024°56′15″E | |
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Charter | 1550 |
Capital city | 1812 |
Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 715.48 km2 (276.25 sq mi) |
• Land | 213.75 km2 (82.53 sq mi) |
• Water | 501.74 km2 (193.72 sq mi) |
• Rank | 258th largest in Finland |
Population (2019-01-31)[3] | |
• Total | 650,058 |
• Rank | Largest in Finland |
• Density | 3,041.21/km2 (7,876.7/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 84.3% (official) |
• Swedish | 6.1% |
• Others | 9.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 14.3% |
• 15 to 64 | 68.3% |
• 65 or older | 17.4% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[6] | 18% |
Website | www.hel.fi |
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Helsinki is in the south of Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. The city is in the Uusimaa region. When one looks from Helsinki, Tallinn is on the opposite side of the sea, but it is too far away to see. A poetic name for Helsinki is "the daughter of the Baltic Sea".