Västerbotten

Västerbotten, sometimes called West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province in northern , located by the Gulf of Bothnia. It borders the provinces of Ångermanland, Lapland and . The region is famous for Västerbotten cheese.
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Västerbotten

Latitude
64.6° or 64° 36′ north
Longitude
20.06667° or 20° 4′ east
Population
228,000
Elevation
249 metres (817 feet)
Open location code
9GP2H3X8+XM
Geo­Names ID
602032
Wiki­data ID
Q211652
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Västerbotten” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Västerbotten
  • Arabic: فاستربوتن
  • Armenian: Վեստերբոթեն
  • Basque: Västerbotten
  • Belarusian: Вэстэрботэн
  • Bosnian: Västerbotten
  • Breton: Västerbotten
  • Catalan: Västerbotten
  • Cebuano: Västerbottens Län
  • Chinese: Västerbotten
  • Chinese: 西博滕
  • Croatian: Västerbotten
  • Czech: Västerbotten
  • Danish: Væsterbotten
  • Danish: Västerbotten
  • Dutch: Vasterbotten
  • Dutch: Västerbotten
  • Egyptian Arabic: ڤيستيربوتين
  • Esperanto: Okcidenta Botnio
  • Esperanto: Västerbotten
  • Esperanto: Vestrobotnio
  • Finnish: Västerbotten
  • Finnish: Västerbottenin maakunta
  • French: Vasterbotten
  • French: Västerbotten
  • German: Västerbotten
  • Greek: Βεστερμπότεν
  • Greek: Δυτική Βοθνία
  • Hungarian: Västerbotten tartomány
  • Icelandic: Vesturbotn
  • Italian: Vasterbotten
  • Italian: Västerbotten
  • Italian: Vestrobotnia
  • Japanese: ヴェステルボッテン地方
  • Korean: 베스테르보텐
  • Latin: Bothnia Occidentalis
  • Latin: Botnia occidentalis
  • Latin: Westrobotnia
  • Macedonian: Вестерботен
  • Min Nan Chinese: Västerbotten
  • Mingrelian: ვესტერბოტენიშ პროვინცია
  • Narom: Bottenie du Vouêt
  • Narom: Västerbotten
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Västerbotten
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Västerbotten
  • Norwegian: Västerbotten
  • Ossetian: Вестерботтен
  • Persian: وستربوتن
  • Polish: Västerbotten
  • Portuguese: província histórica de Västerbotten
  • Portuguese: Västerbotten
  • Portuguese: Vestrobotnia
  • Pushto: وستربوتن
  • Romanian: Västerbotten
  • Romanian: Vestrobotnia
  • Russian: Вестерботтен
  • Serbo-Croatian: Västerbotten
  • Slovenian: Västerbotten
  • Spanish: Västerbotten
  • Spanish: Vestrobotnia
  • Swedish: Västerbotten
  • Ukrainian: Вестерботтен
  • Urdu: وستربوتن
  • Uzbek: Västerbotten
  • Vietnamese: Västerbotten
  • Volapük: Vesüda-Botniän
  • Western Frisian: Västerbotten
  • Western Panjabi: واسٹربوٹن
  • Västerbotten

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