Political Map of Finland

Finland is located between Russia and Sweden. It covers an area of 338,145 sq km and lies on the coordinates of 64° North and 26° East latitude and longitude respectively.
It borders Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland. Map of Finland shows these border areas in blue color.

Border countries of Finland
The countries that surround Finland are:

Norway in the north Russia in the east Sweden in the west

Finland has got a coastline measuring 1,250 km. The Baltic Sea is the lowest point and Haltiatunturi is the highest point of Finland.

States of Finland
The various states of Finland along with their capital city are given below:

• Lappi: Its capital is Rovaniemi
• Oulu: Its capital is Oulu
• Vaasa
• Keskisuomi: Its capital is Jyvaskyla
• Kuopio: Its capital is Kuopio.
• Pohjois Karjala: Its capital is Joensuu
• Turku Ja Pori: Its capital is Turku
• Hame: Its capital is Hameenlinga
• Mikkeli: Its capital is Mikkeli
• Kouvola: Its capital is Kymi
• Uusimaa: Its capital is Helsinki

These states of Finland are highlighted with jet black color on the Finland Political Map. On the other hand, the capital cities of the various states of Finland have been shown by a square box on the Map of Finland.

Cities of Finland
There are a large number of cities in Finland. These are Lvalo, Munnio, Kolari, Kemijarvi, Kelloselka, Tormio, Kemi, Taivalkoski, Raahe, Kajaani, Ylivieska, Seinajoki, Jisalmi, Lieksa, Homantsi, Jamsa, Aanekoski, Parkano, Virrat, Savoolina, Pieksamaki, Tampere, Lahti, Forssa, Pori, Salo, Hanko, Porvoo, Hyvinkaa, Valimaa, Lappeanranta, Matra and Kokkola. They can be easily located on the Political Map of Finland by the black dots representing them.

Black dotted lines on the Physical Map of Finland stands for the national and the international boundary.

Capital of Finland
Helsinki is the capital of Finland and lies on the coordinates of 60° 10' North and 24° 56' East latitude and longitude respectively. It is situated at an altitude of 25 meters above sea level. Some of the nearby places are:

• Framre Tolo
• Taka-Toolo
• Kamppi
• Kluuvi
• Pasila
• Toolo

The nearest airports include Helsinki Malmi, Helsinki Vantaa, Nummela and Hyvinkaa. Helsinki can be identified in the southern part of the Map of Finland marked by a red square.

Region	Population: 2008-12-31 estimate (using 2009 regional division)	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Prov	Capital
aland	27,456	1,553	599		Mariehamn
Central Finland	271,747	16,707	6,450	LS	Jyvaskyla
Central Ostrobothnia	71,029	5,273	2,036	LS	Kokkola
Kainuu	83,160	21,504	8,303	OL	Kajaani
Kanta-Hame	173,041	5,200	2,008	ES	Hameenlinna
Kymenlaakso	182,754	5,112	1,974	ES	Kotka
Lapland	183,963	92,664	35,778	LL	Rovaniemi
North Karelia	166,129	17,763	6,858	IS	Joensuu
North Ostrobothnia	386,144	35,236	13,605	OL	Oulu
North Savo	248,423	16,771	6,475	IS	Kuopio
Ostrobothnia	175,985	7,749	2,992	LS	Vaasa
Paijat-Hame	200,847	5,127	1,979	ES	Lahti
Satakunta	227,652	7,957	3,072	LS	Pori
South Karelia	134,448	5,613	2,167	ES	Lapeenranta
South Ostrobothnia	193,511	13,444	5,191	LS	Seinajoki
South Savo	156,632	13,986	5,400	IS	Mikkeli
Southwest Finland	461,177	10,663	4,117	LS	Turku
Tampere Region	480,705	12,447	4,806	LS	Tampere
Uusimaa	1,501,511	9,131	3,526	ES	Helsinki
Total exc. aland	5,298,858	302,346	116,737

Note  : - Population: 2008-12-31 estimate (using 2009 regional division)

Last Updated On : November 22, 2012