Karelia

Karelia is a region in , known as the country of lakes. It has a strong cultural connection with , with the ethnic Karelians closely related to the Finns. Much of the Finnish national epic Kalevala was collected here.
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Karelia

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Latitude of center
62.6194° or 62° 37′ 10″ north
Longitude of center
33.492° or 33° 29′ 31″ east
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
552548
Wiki­data ID
Q1914

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zaza—“Karelia” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Republik Karelia”
  • Afrikaans: “Republiek van Karelië”
  • Albanian: “Karelia”
  • Albanian: “Republika e Karelisë”
  • Amharic: “የካሬሊያ ሪፐብሊክ”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية كاريليا”
  • Aragonese: “Carelia”
  • Aragonese: “Republica de Carelia”
  • Armenian: “Կարելիա”
  • Armenian: “Կարելիայի Հանրապետություն”
  • Asturian: “Carelia”
  • Asturian: “República de Carelia”
  • Awadhi: “कारेलिया गणतंत्र”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kareliya Respublikası”
  • Bashkir: “Карелия Республикаһы”
  • Bashkir: “Карелия”
  • Bashkir: “Карьяла”
  • Basque: “Karelia”
  • Basque: “Kareliako Errepublika”
  • Belarusian: “Кар’яла”
  • Belarusian: “Карэлія”
  • Belarusian: “Рэспубліка Карэлія”
  • Bengali: “কারেলিয়া প্রজাতন্ত্র”
  • Bosnian: “Karelija”
  • Bosnian: “Republika Karelija”
  • Breton: “Republik Karelia”
  • Bulgarian: “Republik Karelia”
  • Bulgarian: “Република Карелия”
  • Buriat: “Карели Улас”
  • Catalan: “Carèlia”
  • Catalan: “Karelia”
  • Catalan: “República de Carèlia”
  • Cebuano: “Respublika Kareliya”
  • Chechen: “Карели”
  • Chechen: “Карелийн Республика”
  • Chechen: “Карьяла”
  • Chinese: “卡累利阿共和国”
  • Church Slavic: “Карꙗла Димократїꙗ”
  • Chuvash: “Карел Республики”
  • Chuvash: “Карели Республики”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Kareliya”
  • Croatian: “Karelija”
  • Croatian: “Republika Karelija”
  • Czech: “Karélie”
  • Czech: “Karelská republika”
  • Czech: “Republika Karélie”
  • Danish: “Karelen”
  • Danish: “Republikken Karelija”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Cumhuriyetê Kareliya”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Karelya”
  • Dutch: “Karelië”
  • Dutch: “Republiek Karelië”
  • Eastern Mari: “Карелий Республик”
  • Eastern Mari: “Карелий”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جمهورية كاريليا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاريليا”
  • Erzya: “Карелэнь Республикась”
  • Esperanto: “Karelio”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Karelio”
  • Estonian: “Karjala Vabariik”
  • Faroese: “Lýðveldið Karelia”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Republic of Karelia”
  • Finnish: “Karjala”
  • Finnish: “Karjalan tasavalta”
  • Finnish: “Karjalan tazavalda”
  • Finnish: “Karjalan Tazovaldkund”
  • Finnish: “Respublika Karelija”
  • Finnish: “Respublika Kareliya”
  • Finnish: “Респу́блика Каре́лия”
  • French: “Carélie (Russie)‏”
  • French: “Carélie”
  • French: “Karelia”
  • French: “république de Carélie”
  • French: “République de Carélie”
  • Gagauz: “Kareliya”
  • Galician: “República de Carelia”
  • Georgian: “კარელიის რესპუბლიკა”
  • German: “Karelien”
  • German: “Republik Karelien”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Καρελίας”
  • Greek: “Καρελία”
  • Gujarati: “કરેલિયા રિપબ્લિક”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Karelia Khiung-fò-koet”
  • Hausa: “Karelia”
  • Hebrew: “קריאלה”
  • Hebrew: “קרליה”
  • Hebrew: “רפובליקת קרליה”
  • Hindi: “कारेलिया गणतंत्र”
  • Hindi: “केरलिया गणराज्य”
  • Hungarian: “Karél Köztársaság”
  • Hungarian: “Karélia”
  • Ido: “Republiko di Karelia”
  • Ido: “Republiko Karelia”
  • Inari Sami: “Kärjil täsiväldi”
  • Indonesian: “Republik Karelia”
  • Interlingue: “Republica de Karelia”
  • Inupiaq: “Kareliiq”
  • Inupiaq: “Karialia”
  • Irish: “an Chairéil”
  • Irish: “Poblacht na Cairéile”
  • Italian: “Carelia”
  • Italian: “Repubblica di Carelia”
  • Japanese: “カレリア共和国”
  • Javanese: “Karelia”
  • Kabardian: “Карел республикэ”
  • Kalmyk: “Карелуд таңһч”
  • Kannada: “ಕರೀಲಿಯಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Kareliya”
  • Karelian: “Karjal”
  • Karelian: “Karjala”
  • Karelian: “Karjalan tašavalta”
  • Kazakh: “Карелия Республикасы”
  • Kazakh: “Карелия”
  • Kazakh: “Карьяла”
  • Kildin Sami: “Коа̄рьял Республика”
  • Kildin Sami: “Коа̄рьял”
  • Kirghiz: “Карелия”
  • Kirghiz: “Карилия”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Карьяла”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Республика Карьяла”
  • Komi: “Карелия”
  • Korean: “카렐리야 공화국”
  • Latin: “Carelia”
  • Latin: “Res Publica Carelia”
  • Latvian: “Karēlijas Republika”
  • Lezghian: “Карелия”
  • Lezghian: “Республика Карелия”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Republica de Carelia”
  • Lithuanian: “Karelija”
  • Lithuanian: “Karelijos Respublika”
  • Livvi: “Karjal”
  • Livvi: “Karjalan tazavaldu”
  • Lombard: “Republega de Carelia”
  • Luxembourgish: “Karelien”
  • Macedonian: “Карелија”
  • Macedonian: “Република Карелија”
  • Malay: “Republik Karelia”
  • Marathi: “कॅरेलिया प्रजासत्ताक”
  • Marathi: “कॅरेलिया”
  • Mazanderani: “کارلیا جمهوری”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Karelia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Karelia Kiōng-hô-kok”
  • Mingrelian: “კარელიაშ რესპუბლიკა”
  • Mongolian: “Бүгд Найрамдах Карель Улс”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kareelien (Republiik)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kareelien”
  • Northern Sami: “Gárjil”
  • Northern Sami: “Gárjila dásseváldi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karelia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republikken Karelia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karelia”
  • Norwegian: “Karelia”
  • Norwegian: “Republikken Karelia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Republica de Carèlia”
  • Oromo: “Karelia”
  • Ossetian: “Карели”
  • Ossetian: “Карелийы Республикæ”
  • Ossetian: “Республикæ Карели”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਰੇਲੀਆ”
  • Persian: “جمهوری کارلیا”
  • Polish: “Karelia”
  • Polish: “Karjala”
  • Polish: “Republika Karelii”
  • Portuguese: “Carélia”
  • Portuguese: “República da Carélia”
  • Pushto: “کارېليا جمهوريت”
  • Romanian: “Carelia”
  • Romanian: “Karelia”
  • Romanian: “Republica Carelă”
  • Romanian: “Republica Carelia”
  • Russia Buriat: “Карели Улас”
  • Russia Buriat: “Кареэл Республика”
  • Russian: “Карелия”
  • Russian: “Карельская республика”
  • Russian: “Карьяла”
  • Russian: “Республика Карелия”
  • Russian: “РК”
  • Scots: “Republic o Karelie”
  • Serbian: “Карелија”
  • Serbian: “Република Карелија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Karelija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Republika Karelija”
  • Sindhi: “ڪئريليا”
  • Sinhala: “කරෙලියා ජනරජය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kaʹrjjel tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Slovak: “Karelsko”
  • Slovenian: “Karelija”
  • Slovenian: “Republika Karelija”
  • Somali: “Karelia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کارلیا جومهوریتی”
  • Spanish: “Carelia”
  • Spanish: “República de Carelia”
  • Spanish: “República de Karelia”
  • Sundanese: “Républik Karélia”
  • Swahili: “Karelia”
  • Swedish: “Karelska republiken”
  • Tagalog: “Karelia”
  • Tagalog: “Republika ng Karelia”
  • Tajik: “Карелия”
  • Talysh: “Karelija Respublikə”
  • Tamil: “கரேலிய குடியரசு”
  • Tamil: “கரேலியா”
  • Tamil: “குடியரசு ஆப் கரேலியா”
  • Tatar: “Kareliä Cömhüriäte”
  • Tatar: “Kareliä”
  • Tatar: “Karjala”
  • Tatar: “Карелия”
  • Telugu: “రిపబ్లిక్ ఆఫ్ కారేలియా”
  • Thai: “คาเรเลีย”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐคาเรลียา”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐคาเรเลีย”
  • Turkish: “Karelya Cumhuriyeti”
  • Udmurt: “Карелия”
  • Uighur: “كارېلىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Карелія”
  • Ukrainian: “Республіка Карелія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Karelska”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Republika Karelska”
  • Urdu: “جمہوریہ کاریلیا”
  • Urdu: “جمہوریہ کریلیا”
  • Uzbek: “Kareliya Respublikasi”
  • Uzbek: “Kareliya”
  • Veps: “Karjal”
  • Veps: “Karjalan Tazovaldkund”
  • Veps: “Venäman Karjal”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hòa Karelia”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hòa Kareliya”
  • Võro: “Kar’ala Vabariik”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Republika han Karelia”
  • Western Frisian: “Kareelje (republyk)”
  • Western Frisian: “Kareelje”
  • Western Mari: “Карели Республика”
  • Western Panjabi: “کریلیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “卡累利阿共和国”
  • Yakut: “Карелия Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ”
  • Yakut: “Карелия Республиката”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡累利阿”
  • Zaza: “Cumhuriyetê Kareliya”
  • Zaza: “Cumhuriyetê Karelya”
  • Zaza: “Karelya”
  • “ma Kalijala”

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