Regions of Finland

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Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). The regions are governed by Regional Councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. Currently, the only region where a popular election is held for the council is Kainuu.

Regions represent dialectal, cultural and economic variations better than the provinces, which are purely administrative divisions of the central government.

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Regions grouped by province

    Lapland Province

  1. Lapland (Lappi/ Lappland)

    Oulu Province

  2. Northern Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa/ Norra Österbotten)
  3. Kainuu (Kainuu/ Kajanaland)

    Eastern Finland

  4. North Karelia (Pohjois-Karjala/ Norra Karelen)
  5. Northern Savonia (Pohjois-Savo/ Norra Savolax)
  6. Southern Savonia (Etelä-Savo/ Södra Savolax)

    Western Finland

  7. Southern Ostrobothnia (Etelä-Pohjanmaa/ Södra Österbotten)
  8. Ostrobothnia (Pohjanmaa/ Österbotten)
  9. Pirkanmaa (Pirkanmaa/ Birkaland)
  10. Satakunta (Satakunta/ Satakunda)
  11. Central Ostrobothnia (Keski-Pohjanmaa/ Mellersta Österbotten)
  12. Central Finland (Keski-Suomi/ Mellersta Finland)
  13. Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi/ Egentliga Finland)
    Regions of Finland

    Southern Finland

  14. South Karelia (Etelä-Karjala/ Södra Karelen)
  15. Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme/ Päijänne Tavastland)
  16. Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme/ Egentliga Tavastland)
  17. Uusimaa (Uusimaa/ Nyland)
  18. Eastern Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa/ Östra Nyland)
  19. Kymenlaakso (Kymenlaakso/ Kymmenedalen)

    Åland

  20. Åland Islands¹ (Landskapet Åland²)
¹ The role that the Regional Councils serve on Mainland Finland are on the Åland Islands handled by the autonomous Government of Åland.
² The Åland Islands are unilingually Swedish. The name in Finnish language is Ahvenanmaa.

Coats of Arms (Selection)

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Central Finland

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North Karelia

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North Savonia

South Savonia Pirkanmaa Satakunta Tavastia Proper Uusimaa Missing image
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Åland

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Ostrobothnia

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