Ostrobothnie (region)

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Ostrobothnie (Swadish: Österbotten; Finnish: Pohjanmaa) is a region o Finland. It is locatit in Wastren Finland. It borders the regions Central Ostrobothnie, Soothren Ostrobothnie, an Satakunta an is ane o the fower regions makin up the historical province o Ostrobothnie.

Ostrobothnia is ane o the twa Finnish regions wi a Swadish speakin majority, the ither bein Åland. The Swadish-speakers mak up 51.2%.^[1] Despite this, the region is linguistically heterogeneous, encompassin baith exclusively Finnish an Swadish-speakin municipalities in addition tae bilingual anes.

The regional tree is the Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa), the regional mammal is the Common Elk (Alces alces alces), the regional stane is the Vaasa granite an the regional sang is "The mairch o Vaasa" (Swadish: Vasamarschen, Finnish: Vaasan marssi).

Municipalities

Thare are 16 municipalities in Ostrobothnie region. Ceeties an touns are merked in bauld.

Name in the majority leid	Name in the minority leid	Population^[2]	Swadish speakers^[3]	Finnish speakers^[3]
Isokyrö	Storkyro	4,395	6,999,600,000,000,000,000♠0.6%	7,001,989,000,000,000,000♠98.9%
Jakobstad	Pietarsaari	19,271	7,001,564,000,000,000,000♠56.4%	7,001,402,000,000,000,000♠40.2%
Kaskinen	Kaskö	1,246	7,001,281,000,000,000,000♠28.1%	7,001,681,009,999,900,000♠68.1%
Korsholm	Mustasaari	19,666	7,001,702,000,000,000,000♠70.2%	7,001,287,000,000,000,000♠28.7%
Korsnäs		2,023	7,001,912,000,000,000,000♠91.2%	7,000,320,000,000,000,000♠3.2%
Kristinestad	Kristiinankaupunki	6,252	7,001,566,000,000,000,000♠56.6%	7,001,422,000,000,000,000♠42.2%
Kronoby	Kruunupyy	6,406	7,001,833,000,000,000,000♠83.3%	7,001,156,000,000,000,000♠15.6%
Laihia		7,804	7,000,100,000,000,000,000♠1%	7,001,983,000,000,000,000♠98.3%
Larsmo	Luoto	5,744	7,001,925,000,000,000,000♠92.5%	7,000,650,000,000,000,000♠6.5%
Malax	Maalahti	5,458	7,001,882,000,000,000,000♠88.2%	7,000,910,000,000,000,000♠9.1%
Närpes	Närpiö	9,547	7,001,884,000,000,000,000♠88.4%	7,000,580,000,000,000,000♠5.8%
Nykarleby	Uusikaarlepyy	7,431	7,001,893,000,000,000,000♠89.3%	7,000,810,000,000,000,000♠8.1%
Pedersöre	Pedersören kunta	11,197	7,001,901,000,000,000,000♠90.1%	7,000,900,000,000,000,000♠9%
Vaasa	Vasa	68,049	7,001,248,000,000,000,000♠24.8%	7,001,698,000,000,000,000♠69.8%
Vähäkyrö	Lillkyro	^[2]	7,000,170,000,000,000,000♠1.7%	7,001,977,000,000,000,000♠97.7%
Vörå	Vöyri	^[2]	7,001,846,009,999,900,000♠84.6%	7,001,136,000,000,000,000♠13.6%

Heraldry

The bundle is a seembol o the Ryal Hoose o Vasa; a Vasa king established the ceety o Vaasa, the caipital o the region. The running weasels are a seembol o Pohjanmaa.