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Finland, Scandinavian Political Geography

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Finland, Finnish Suomi[swO´mE] Pronunciation Key, officially Republic of Finland, republic (1996 pop. 5,132,320), 130,119 sq mi (337,009 sq km), N Europe. It borders on the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden in the west, on Norway in the north, on Russia in the east, and on the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea in the south. The country includes the aland Islands, located at the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia. Helsinki is Finland's capital and its largest city.

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