Sápmi

Also known as Sapmi, Lapland

is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. Sápmi includes the northern parts of Fennoscandia, stretching over four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Most of Sápmi lies north of the Arctic Circle, bounded by the Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, and White Sea. In the south, Sápmi extends to the counties of Trøndelag in Norway and Jämtland in Sweden.

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Sápmi is the traditional homeland of the Sámi people, spanning the northern regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, mostly north of the Arctic Circle. It matters as the cultural and geographical center of Sámi identity and heritage in this far northern part of Europe.

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Key facts

Country.conventional_long_name: Sápmi
Country.image_flag: Sami flag.svg
Country.image_map: Sami Language Recognition.jpg
Country.map_caption: Location of Sápmi: dark red line showing the Southern limit of the areas traditionally inhabited by the Sámi
Country.national_anthem: Sámi soga lávlla File:Sámi_Soga_Lávlla.ogg
Country.sovereignty_type: Integrated parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia respectively, but with varying degrees of autonomy for the Sami
Country.languages: Sámi languages, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Meänkieli, Kven and Russian
Country.demonym: Sámi
Country.languages_type: Regional
Country.time_zone: CET, EET, FET
Country.utc_offset: +1 to +3
Ethnonym.people: Sámi
Ethnonym.language: Sámi
Ethnonym.country: Sápmi

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Wikidata facts

Population: 2000000
Area: 388350
Image: LocationSapmi.png

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Contents

Etymology
Geography
Landscape
Climate
Natural resources
Cultural subdivisions
East Sápmi
Central Sápmi
South Sápmi
Sámi languages
Demography
Politics
Sámi Parliaments
Sámi Parliamentary Council
Saami Council
Russia
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Coats of arms of Sami communities
Sports
Notable places
North Sámi area
South Sápmi
East Sápmi
See also
References
Citations
Sources
External links

Most of the Sámi population is concentrated in a few traditional areas in the northernmost part of Sápmi, such as Kautokeino and Karasjok. Inari is considered one of the centres of Sámi culture. In the past, the Sámi settlement reached much farther south, possibly to present-day Oslo in the west and the lakes Ladoga and Onega in the east.