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Lapland
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region of Finland
Lapland is a region in northern Finland, known for its Arctic landscape and indigenous Sámi people. It matters as a significant part of Finland's geography and cultural heritage, and as a destination that draws international attention for its natural environment and indigenous communities.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Finland
- Part of
- Northern Finland
- Official name
- Lappland
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Finland
- Contains
- Rovaniemi sub-region
- Capital
- Rovaniemi
- Population
- 176215
- Area
- 1384.51
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Troms og Finnmark
- Official website
- www.lapinliitto.fi
- Image
- Pallastunturi.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lapland, Finland
- located in/on physical feature
- Sápmi
- topic's main category
- Category:Lapland (Finland)
- official symbol
- Lake Inari
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lapland, Finland
- different from
- Sápmi
- native label
- Lappland
- language used
- Finnish
- inception
- 2010-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lapland (Finland)
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- P11012
- Ferdinand Magellan
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Encyclopedic overview
Santa Claus Village The inselberg in Luosto from air Northern lights over Kittilä
Lapland is the largest and northernmost region of Finland. The 21 municipalities in the region cooperate in a Regional Council. Lapland borders the Finnish region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia and the Norrbotten County in Sweden, Finnmark County and the Troms County in Norway, and Murmansk Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia. The topography of Lapland varies from vast mires and forests in the south to fells in the north. The Arctic Circle crosses Lapland, so polar phenomena such as the midnight sun, the polar night and the northern lights can be viewed in this region.
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