Åland
Åland (Swadish pronunciation: [ˈoːland], Finnish: Ahvenanmaa), is an autonomous region an a airchipelago in the Easter Seas. They are situatit at the entrance tae the Guwf o Bothnie an form an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swadish-speakin region o Finland. The islands collectively constitute the smawest region o Finland, wi anerlie 0.49% o its land aurie, an 0.50% o its population.
Åland Islands | |
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Motto: "Islands o Peace"[1] | |
Location o Åland within Finland | |
Caipital and largest city | Mariehamn 60°07′N 019°54′E / 60.117°N 19.900°E |
Offeecial leids | Swadish |
Demonym(s) |
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Sovereign state | Republic o Finland |
Govrenment | Autonomous region o Finland |
• Govrenora | Peter Lindbäck |
• Premier | Katrin Sjögren |
Legislatur | Lagting |
Autonomy | |
• Act on the Autonomy o Åland | 7 Mey 1920[2] |
• Recognised | 1921b |
1 Januar 1995c | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 1,580[3] km2 (610 sq mi) (unranked) |
Population | |
• 2017 estimate | 29,489[4] |
• Density | 18.36/km2 (47.6/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2007 estimate |
• Total | $1.563 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $55,829 |
HDI (2017) | 0.900[6] verra heich |
Currency | Euro (€)d (EUR) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Cawin code | +358e |
ISO 3166 code | AX |
Internet TLD | .axf |
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Åland comprises Fasta Åland (the "Main Island," wi 90% o the population),[7] thegither wi an airchipelago tae the east that comprises ower 6,500 skerries an islands. Fasta Åland is separatit frae the coast o Swaden bi 38 kilometres (24 mi) o open water tae the wast. In the east, the Åland airchipelago is contiguous wi the Finnish Airchipelago Sea. Åland's anerlie land border is locatit on the uninhabitit skerry o Märket,[8] which it shares wi Swaden.
Acause o the autonomous status o the Åland Islands, the pouers exercised at the provincial level bi representatives o the central state admeenistration in the rest o Finland are lairgely exercised bi the Govrenment o Åland in Åland.
Municipalities
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ Tim Vickery, Associated Press (18 July 2004) Deseret News.
- ↑ Hurst Hannum (1993). "Agreement between Sweden and Finland Relating to Guarantees in the Law of 7 May 1920 on the Autonomy of the Aaland Islands". Basic Documents on Autonomy and Minority Rights. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 141. ISBN 0-7923-1977-X.
- ↑ "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, helmikuu.2016". Pxnet2.stat.fi. Archived frae the original on 10 Apryle 2016. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2016.
- ↑ "Ålands officiella statistikmyndighet". asub.ax.
- ↑ "Välkommen till ÅSUB! - Ålands statistik- och utredningsbyrå". Asub.ax. Archived frae the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ↑ "The Åland Islands". Archived frae the original on 9 Mey 2012. Retrieved 23 Januar 2013.
- ↑ an account of the border on Märket, and how it was redrawn in 1985, appears in Hidden Europe Magazine, 11 (November 2006) pp. 26-29 ISSN 1860-6318