
Finland*
The
Republic of Finland (Finnish:
Suomi, Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland)
is one of the
Nordic countries. Situated in
Northern Europe, it shares land borders on the
Scandinavian Peninsula with
Sweden
to the west,
Russia
to the east, and
Norway
to the north while
Estonia lies to its south. Finland is bounded by the
Baltic Sea, with the
Gulf of Finland to the south and the
Gulf of Bothnia to the west. The
Åland
Islands, off the southwestern coast, are an
autonomous,
demilitarised administrative
province of Finland.
Population: 5,276,571 (111th)
Area: 338,145 km² (65th)
/ 130,558 sq mi
Additional Information
* Intro text, area and population information from
Wikipedia.com. |