Åland

The Åland Islands (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈoːland]; Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. It is situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and forms an autonomous, demilitarized, monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province, region and historical province of Finland. It is the smallest province of Finland, comprising 0.5% of Finland's population and 0.49% of land area. The islands consist of the main island F... more

Date founded:

  • 1920

Country:

Area:

  • 13,517 km² (5218.9 mi² )

Also known as:

  • Aland,
  • Åland Islands,
  • Province Of Aland,
  • Ålands Landskap,
  • Åland,
  • Province Of Åland,
  • Ahvenanmaan Lääni,
  • Ahvenanmaa,
  • Ahvenanmaan Maakunta,
  • Landskapet Aland,
  • Alands Landskap,
  • Landskapet Åland,
  • Alands Lan,
  • Ålands Län,
  • Ahvenanmaan Laani

Location

Capital

Mariehamn

Mariehamn (Finnish: Maarianhamina) is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city. Like all of Åland, Mariehamn is unilingually Swedish-speaking and...

Internet TLD:

ISO 3166-2 Code:

  • FI-AL

Geolocation:

Latitude Longitude
  • 60.25
  • 20
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