North Savonia
North Savonia is a province in the Finnish Lakeland, north of Saimaa proper, but with connecting waterways.
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North Savonia
- Type: region of Finland with 249,000 residents
- Description: region of Finland
- Also known as: “North Savo”, “North Savo region”, “Northern Savo”, “Northern Savonia”, “Şimali Savo”, “Tâʹvv-Savo”, “Ylae-Savo”, “Саво”, “Сјеверна Савонија”, and “北薩沃尼亞區”
- Neighbors: Central Finland, North Karelia, and South Savonia
- Location: Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude of center
63.5329° or 63° 31′ 58″ north
Longitude of center
27.0362° or 27° 2′ 10″ east
Population
249,000
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“North Savonia” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Savonia Veriore”
- Arabic: “سافو الشمالية”
- Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Սավո”
- Asturian: “Savonia del Norte”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimali Savoniya”
- Balinese: “Savo Kalér”
- Basque: “Ipar Savonia”
- Belarusian: “Паўночнае Сава”
- Bengali: “উত্তর সাভোনিয়া”
- Bosnian: “Sjeverna Savonija”
- Catalan: “Savònia del Nord”
- Cebuano: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Chinese: “北萨沃区”
- Chinese: “北薩沃區”
- Czech: “Severní Savo”
- Danish: “Norra Savolax”
- Dutch: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Esperanto: “Norda Savonio”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Savo maakond”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Savo”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Savon maakunta”
- Finnish: “Ylä-Savo”
- Finnish: “Ylä-Savon seutukunta”
- French: “Savonie du Nord”
- Galician: “Savonia do Norte”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი სავონია”
- German: “Nordsavo”
- Greek: “Βόρεια Σαβονία”
- Gujarati: “નોર્ધન સાવોનિયા”
- Hebrew: “סאבו הצפונית”
- Hindi: “उत्तरी सवोनिया”
- Hungarian: “Észak-Savo”
- Icelandic: “Norður-Savonía”
- Inari Sami: “Tave-Savo eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Tave-Savo eennâmkodde”
- Indonesian: “Savo Utara”
- Indonesian: “Savonia Utara”
- Irish: “An tSabhóin Thuaidh”
- Italian: “Savo settentrionale”
- Italian: “Savo Settentrionale”
- Japanese: “北サヴォ県”
- Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಸವೊನಿಯಾ”
- Kildin Sami: “Таввял Саво”
- Komi-Permyak: “Похьёйс Саво”
- Korean: “북사보 지역”
- Kotava: “SuomiaPohjoisSavoGola”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļsavo”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Savas”
- Lombard: “Savonia del Nord”
- Luxembourgish: “Nordsavo”
- Macedonian: “Северна Савонија”
- Malay: “Northern Savonia”
- Marathi: “नॉर्दर्न सवोनो”
- Mazanderani: “شمالی ساوونیا ناحیه”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pak Savonia Tōa-khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Nuurdsavo”
- Northern Sami: “Davvi-Savo eanangoddi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Norra Savolax”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norra Savolax”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Norwegian: “Norra Savolax”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Savònia del Nòrd”
- Ossetian: “Цæгат Саво”
- Persian: “ساوونیای شمالی”
- Polish: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Polish: “Sawonia Północna”
- Portuguese: “Savónia do Norte”
- Portuguese: “Savônia do Norte”
- Romanian: “Savonia de Nord”
- Russian: “Северное Саво”
- Scots: “Northren Savonie”
- Serbian: “Severna Savonija”
- Serbian: “Северна Савонија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverna Savonija”
- Sinhala: “උතුරු සවොනියා”
- Skolt Sami: “Tâʹvv-Savo mäddkåʹdd”
- Slovak: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Slovenian: “Severna Savonija”
- Spanish: “Región de Savonia del Norte”
- Spanish: “Savonia del Norte”
- Swedish: “Norra Savolax”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு சவோனியா”
- Telugu: “ఉత్త్తర సవోనియా”
- Thai: “นอร์เทิร์นซาโวเนีย”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Savonya”
- Ukrainian: “Північна Савонія”
- Urdu: “شمالی ساوونیا”
- Vietnamese: “Bắc Savo”
- Vietnamese: “Phía Bắc Savonia”
- Western Panjabi: “اتلا ساوونیا”
- Wu Chinese: “北萨沃尼亚区”
- Yue Chinese: “北薩窩”
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