Regions o Finland

The Regions o Finland are the first level admeenistrative an poleetical subdiveesions o Finland.

Sax regional state admeenistrative agencies (Etelä-Suomi, Itä-Suomi, Lounais-Suomi, Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomi, Pohjois-Suomi, Lappi) wur creatit for Finland in 2010, ilk o thaim responsible for ane o the regions cried alue in Finnish an region in Swadish; in addition, Åland wis designatit a seivent region.

Thir lairger regions comprise ane or mair o 19 smawer regions cried maakunta in Finnish an landskap in Swadish. The regions is govrened bi regional cooncils, whilk ser as forums o cooperation for the municipalities o a region. The main tasks o the regions is regional plannin an development o enterprise an eddication. In addition, the public heal service is uisually organized on the basis o regions. Currently, the ae region whaur a popular election is held for the cooncil is Kainuu. Ither regional cooncils is elect bi municipal cooncils, ilka municipality sendin representatives in proportion tae its population.

In addition tae inter-municipal cooperation, whilk is the responsibility o regional cooncils, ilka region haes a state Employment an Economic Development Centre, that is responsible for the local admeenistration o labour, agricultur, fisheries, forestry an entrepreneurial affairs. The Finnish Defence Forces regional offices are responsible for the regional defence preparations an for the admeenistration o conscription athin the region.

Regions represent dialectal, cultural an economic variations better nor the umwhile provinces, whilk wur purely admeenistrative diveesions o the central govrenment. Historically, regions are diveesions o historical provinces o Finland, auries that represent dialects an cultur mair accurately.

Regions

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In Scots	In Finnish	In Swadish	Caipital	Map
Lapland	Lappi	Lappland	Rovaniemi	Lapland Northren Ostrobothnie Kainuu North Karelie Northren Savonie Soothren Savonie Soothren Ostrobothnie Ostrobothnie Pirkanmaa Satakunta Central Ostrobothnie Central Finland Finland Proper Sooth Karelie Päijänne Tavastie Tavastie Proper Uusimaa Kymenlaakso Åland Islands
Northren Ostrobothnie	Pohjois-Pohjanmaa	Norra Österbotten	Oulu
Kainuu	Kainuu	Kajanaland	Kajaani
North Karelie	Pohjois-Karjala	Norra Karelen	Joensuu
Northren Savonie	Pohjois-Savo	Norra Savolax	Kuopio
Soothren Savonie	Etelä-Savo	Södra Savolax	Mikkeli
Soothren Ostrobothnie	Etelä-Pohjanmaa	Södra Österbotten	Seinäjoki
Central Ostrobothnie	Keski-Pohjanmaa	Mellersta Österbotten	Kokkola
Ostrobothnie	Pohjanmaa	Österbotten	Vaasa
Pirkanmaa	Pirkanmaa	Birkaland	Tampere
Satakunta	Satakunta	Satakunda	Pori
Central Finland	Keski-Suomi	Mellersta Finland	Jyväskylä
Finland Proper	Varsinais-Suomi	Egentliga Finland	Turku
Sooth Karelie	Etelä-Karjala	Södra Karelen	Lappeenranta
Päijänne Tavastie	Päijät-Häme	Päijänne Tavastland	Lahti
Tavastie Proper	Kanta-Häme	Egentliga Tavastland	Hämeenlinna
Uusimaa	Uusimaa	Nyland	Helsinki
Kymenlaakso	Kymenlaakso	Kymmenedalen	Kouvola
Åland Islands^[1]	Ahvenanmaa	Åland	Mariehamn

The region o Eastren Uusimaa wis consolidatit wi Uusimaa on Januar 1, 2011.^[2]

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References

↑ The role that the regional cooncils serve on Mainland Finland are on the Åland Islands handled bi the autonomous Govrenment o Åland.
↑ "Valtioneuvosto päätti Uudenmaan ja Itä-Uudenmaan maakuntien yhdistämisestä" (in Finnish). Ministry of Finance. 22 October 2009. Archived frae the original on 7 Julie 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2010.

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[åland_note-1] The role that the regional cooncils serve on Mainland Finland are on the Åland Islands handled bi the autonomous Govrenment o Åland.

[2] "Valtioneuvosto päätti Uudenmaan ja Itä-Uudenmaan maakuntien yhdistämisestä" (in Finnish). Ministry of Finance. 22 October 2009. Archived frae the original on 7 Julie 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2010.

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