Åland Islands
Åland Islands | |
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Coat of arms
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| Motto: "Islands of Peace"[1] | |
| Anthem: Ålänningens sång | |
| Capital and largest city | Mariehamn 60°15′N 20°00′E / 60.25°N 20°E |
| Official languages | Swedish |
| Demonym(s) | Ålandic - Ålandish Ålänning - Åländare Ahvenanmaalainen |
| Government | Autonomous region of Finland |
• Governora | Marine Holm-Johansson |
• Premier | Katrin Sjögren |
| Autonomy | |
• Declared | 1920 |
• Recognized | 1921b |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,580[2] km2 (610 sq mi) (unranked) |
| Population | |
• 2011 estimate | 28,355 |
• Density | 18.14/km2 (47.0/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2007 estimate |
• Total | $1.563 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $55,829 |
| HDI (2007) | 0.967[4] very high |
| Currency | Euro (€)c (EUR) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Calling code | +358d |
| ISO 3166 code | AX |
| Internet TLD | .axe |
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The Åland Islands (Swedish: Åland (pronounced IPA: ['oːland]), Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. It is 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, with 0.5% of Finland's population and 0.49% of the land area.
References
- ↑ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20040718/ai_n11466101%7C Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 18 Jul 2004, by Tim Vickery, Associated Press
- ↑ "Facts about Åland". Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Välkommen till ÅSUB! - Ålands statistik- och utredningsbyrå". www.asub.ax.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2007". 2007. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
Other websites
Media related to Åland at Wikimedia Commons