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Åland (/ ˈ oʊ l ɑː n d / OH-lahnd, [9] Swedish: ⓘ; Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland.Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, [1] it is the smallest region of Finland by both area (1,580 km 2) and population (30,541), constituting 0.51% of Finland's land area and 0.54% of its population.
The location of Åland An enlargeable map of the Autonomous State of Åland. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Åland Islands: Åland – autonomous, demilitarized, monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province, region and historical province of the Republic of Finland. [1]
Sweden controlled the Åland Islands from the 1200s until 1809, during which Kastelholm Castle was the focal point of many battles. In 1809, the Russian empire took Åland and Finland. In 1854, British and French forces attacked Bomarsund. The Åland Islands were then demilitarised until 1906. In 1918, Swedish and German forces occupied the
Google Maps' location-tracking feature, known as Timeline, is undergoing a major update. Previously, Google announced plans to shift this data to local storage. Now, the company is sending out ...
The large islands of Eckerö, Lemland, and Lumparland are separated from Åland and each other by narrow shallow straits. Ninety per cent of the population live on Fasta Åland (the Main Island), also the site of the capital town of Mariehamn. Fasta Åland is the largest island in the archipelago, although its exact size is in some dispute ...
After the Associated Press reported that certain Google apps still track you even if you turned off location history, Google has changed its help pages and tried to clarify the issue. "We have ...
Kökar (pronunciation ⓘ) is an island municipality to the south-east of the Åland archipelago, Finland.. It is also one of the municipalities of Åland. It is reachable by boat from Långnäs on Åland or from Galtby with access to mainland Finland.
Map of Mariehamn with the pre-1961 territory of the town marked with hatched outline. The town was named after the Russian empress Maria Alexandrovna (1824–1880), literally meaning "Marie's Port". Mariehamn was founded on 21 February 1861 around the village of Övernäs, [2] [18] in what was at the time part of the municipality of Jomala. The ...