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Region; maakunta (Finnish); landskap (Swedish);
Category	Unitary state
Location	Finland
Number	19
Government	Regional council
Subdivisions	Municipality

Finland comprises 19 regions, called maakunta in Finnish and landskap in Swedish. The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education. In addition, the public health services are usually organized on the basis of regions. Currently, the only region where a popular election is held for the council is Kainuu. Other regional councils are elected by municipal councils, each municipality sending representatives in proportion to its population.

In addition to inter-municipal cooperation, which is the responsibility of regional councils, there are 15 Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (Finnish: elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus, abbreviated ely-keskus), which is responsible for the local administration of labour, agriculture, fisheries, forestry and entrepreneurial affairs. They are each responsible for one or more of regions of Finland, and include offices of the Ministries of Employment and the Economy, Transport and Communications and Environment. The Finnish Defence Forces regional offices are responsible for the regional defence preparations and for the administration of conscription within the region.

Regions represent dialectal, cultural and economic variations better than the former provinces, which were purely administrative divisions of the central government. Historically, regions are divisions of historical provinces of Finland, areas which represent dialects and culture more accurately^{[citation needed]}.

Regions

№	Name	Official English name^[1]	Finnish name	Swedish name	Capital	Area (km²)	Population (31 Dec 2017)^[2]
1.	Lapland	Lapland	Lappi	Lappland	Rovaniemi	92,674	180,207
2.	North Ostrobothnia	North Ostrobothnia	Pohjois-⁠Pohjanmaa	Norra Österbotten	Oulu	36,815	411,150
3.	Kainuu	Kainuu	Kainuu	Kajanaland	Kajaani	20,197	74,803
4.	North Karelia	North Karelia	Pohjois-Karjala	Norra Karelen	Joensuu	17,761	164,085
5.	Northern Savonia	Pohjois-Savo	Pohjois-Savo	Norra Savolax	Kuopio	16,768	247,776
6.	Southern Savonia	Etelä-Savo	Etelä-Savo	Södra Savolax	Mikkeli	14,257	148,975
7.	South Ostrobothnia	South Ostrobothnia	Etelä-Pohjanmaa	Södra Österbotten	Seinäjoki	13,444	191,860
8.	Central Ostrobothnia	Central Ostrobothnia	Keski-Pohjanmaa	Mellersta Österbotten	Kokkola	5,020	69,027
9.	Ostrobothnia	Ostrobothnia	Pohjanmaa	Österbotten	Vaasa	7,753	181,441
10.	Pirkanmaa	Pirkanmaa	Pirkanmaa	Birkaland	Tampere	12,585	509,356
11.	Central Finland	Central Finland	Keski-Suomi	Mellersta Finland	Jyväskylä	16,703	276,196
12.	Satakunta	Satakunta	Satakunta	Satakunta	Pori	7,820	221,740
13.	Southwest Finland	Varsinais-Suomi	Varsinais-Suomi	Egentliga Finland	Turku	10,663	475,543
14.	South Karelia	South Karelia	Etelä-Karjala	Södra Karelen	Lappeenranta	5,327	130,506
15.	Päijänne Tavastia	Päijät-Häme	Päijät-Häme	Päijänne-Tavastland	Lahti	5,125	201,685
16.	Tavastia Proper	Kanta-Häme	Kanta-Häme	Egentliga Tavastland	Hämeenlinna	5,199	173,781
17.	Uusimaa	Uusimaa	Uusimaa	Nyland	Helsinki	9,097	1,638,293
18.	Kymenlaakso	Kymenlaakso	Kymenlaakso	Kymmenedalen	Kotka, Kouvola	5,149	177,659
19.	Åland Islands^[3]	Åland	Ahvenanmaa	Åland	Mariehamn	1,553	29,214

Former regions

Number	Coat of Arms	Name	Official English name^[4]	Finnish name	Swedish name	Capital	Dissolution (date)
20		Eastern Uusimaa	Itä-Uusimaa	Itä-Uusimaa^[5]	Östra Nyland	Porvoo	January 1, 2011

References

^ https://www.stat.fi/meta/luokitukset/maakunta/001-2018/index_en.html

^ Tilastokeskus. "Population". www.stat.fi..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ The role that the regional councils serve on Mainland Finland are, in Åland, handled by the autonomous Government of Åland.

^ https://www.stat.fi/meta/luokitukset/maakunta/001-2010/index_en.html

^ "Valtioneuvosto päätti Uudenmaan ja Itä-Uudenmaan maakuntien yhdistämisestä" (in Finnish). Ministry of Finance. October 22, 2009. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2010.

External links

Regional Councils of Finland – Official site

Regional State Administrative Agencies

[1] ttps://www.stat.fi/meta/luokitukset/maakunta/001-2018/index_en.html

[2] Tilastokeskus. "Population". www.stat.fi..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[åland_note-3] The role that the regional councils serve on Mainland Finland are, in Åland, handled by the autonomous Government of Åland.

[4] ttps://www.stat.fi/meta/luokitukset/maakunta/001-2010/index_en.html

[5] "Valtioneuvosto päätti Uudenmaan ja Itä-Uudenmaan maakuntien yhdistämisestä" (in Finnish). Ministry of Finance. October 22, 2009. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2010.

v t e Regions of Finland
Regions	Åland Central Finland Central Ostrobothnia Kainuu Kymenlaakso Lapland North Karelia North Ostrobothnia Northern Savonia (Pohjois-Savo) Ostrobothnia Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) Pirkanmaa Satakunta South Karelia South Ostrobothnia Southern Savonia (Etelä-Savo) Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi) Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme) Uusimaa
Former regions	Eastern Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa)

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Dependencies and other entities	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard

v t e First-level administrative divisions in European countries
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