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The area of the Lapland region is 100,367 km², which consists of 92,667 km² of dry land, 6,316 km² fresh water and 1,383 km² of seawater. [16] In the south it borders the Northern Ostrobothnia region, in the west, Sweden, in the north and west Norway, and in the east, Russia.
The third largest lake, Lake Inari in the Lapland province of extreme northern Finland, has a surface area of 1,040.28 square kilometres (401.65 sq mi), a total shore length of 3,308 kilometres (2,055 mi), a maximum depth of 92 metres (302 ft), some 3,318 islands, and a total water volume of 15.9 cubic kilometres (3.8 cu mi). Despite its size ...
The following is a list of cities and towns (Finnish: kaupunki, Swedish: stad) in Finland.[a] The basic administrative unit of Finland is municipality.Since 1977, there is no legal difference between towns and municipalities, [1] and a municipality can independently decide to call itself a city or town if it considers that it meets the requirements of an urban settlement. [2]
Oulu (/ ˈ oʊ l uː / OH-loo, [9] [10] Finnish: ⓘ; Swedish: Uleåborg [ʉːlɛɔˈbɔrj] ⓘ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Ostrobothnia.It is located on the northwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the River Oulu.
The 21 municipalities of the Lapland Region (Finnish: Lappi; Northern Sami: Sápmi; Swedish: Lappland) in Finland are divided on six sub-regions: Eastern Lapland sub-region [ edit ]
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Hetta (Finnish:; Northern Sami: Heahttá [ˈhea̯hːtaː]) is the main village [citation needed] in the municipality of Enontekiö in the north-west part of Finnish Lapland. [1] It is also the municipality's administrative centre and the start or end point of the standard trekking / skiing route across the Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park.