Ostrobothnia

Ostrobothnia is a stretch of coastal Western Finland. The historic province of the same name has been split in parts; this is the one where Swedish-speakers are found.
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is the capital of the administrative region Ostrobothnia, Western Finland. The surrounding municipality of Korsholm is also handled in this article.

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is a nice small port town in Ostrobothnia. The adjacent municipality of Pedersöre is also handled in this article.

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is a town on the Ostrobothnian coast in Western Finland. Like many other towns in coastal Ostrobothnia, is bilingual with a Swedish speaking majority.

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is a largely Swedish-speaking farming town in Ostrobothnia, . is the "Tomato Capital" of . It includes a significant archipelago, much of which is protected as the Kaldonskär–Södra Björkön shore protection programme and the archipelago Natura 2000 area.

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is a town and in , located on the west coast of the country. is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of approximately 1,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 17,000.

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is a town in , located on the west coast of the country. The town is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population is approximately 7,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 52,000.

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is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia. It includes the former municipalities Maxmo and Oravais.

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is a town in Ostrobothnia, . Like the inhabitants of and the locals have a reputation of stinginess which is the theme of the jokes. The town even has a Museum of Stinginess!

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is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia. The adjacent municipality of Korsnäs is also handled in this article.

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is a municipality in , located on the west coast of the country. is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of is approximately 6,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 51,000.

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is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia. Nedervetil and Terjärv are part of the municipality since 1969.

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The is an archipelago in the narrowest part of the Gulf of Bothnia, between Finland and Sweden. Along with the neighboring of Sweden, it has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Ostrobothnia

Latitude of center
63.0833° or 63° 5′ north
Longitude of center
22.1667° or 22° 10′ east
Population
180,000
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Geo­Names ID
830676
Wiki­data ID
Q5702
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Ostrobothnia” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ostrobothnia”
  • Amharic: “ኦስትሮቦቴኒያ”
  • Arabic: “بوهيانما”
  • Armenian: “Օստրոբոտնիա”
  • Asturian: “Ostrobotnia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ostrobotniya (vilayət)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ostrobotniya”
  • Balinese: “Ostrobothnia (wawengkon)”
  • Balinese: “Ostrobothnia”
  • Basque: “Ostrobotnia eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Астработнія”
  • Bengali: “অস্ট্রোবোথনিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Ostrobotnija”
  • Catalan: “Regió d’Ostrobòtnia”
  • Cebuano: “Pohjanmaa”
  • Chinese: “博滕區”
  • Chinese: “波赫扬马区”
  • Czech: “Ostrobotnia”
  • Czech: “Ostrobotnija”
  • Czech: “Pohjanmaa”
  • Danish: “Österbotten”
  • Dutch: “Österbotten”
  • Esperanto: “Ostrobotnio”
  • Estonian: “Pohjanmaa maakond”
  • Estonian: “Pohjanmaa”
  • Finnish: “Pohjanmaa”
  • Finnish: “Pohjanmaan maakunta”
  • Finnish: “Pohjanmaan Maakunta”
  • French: “Ostrobotnie”
  • Galician: “Ostrobotnia”
  • Georgian: “ოსტრობოტნია”
  • German: “Österbotten”
  • Hausa: “Ostrobothnia”
  • Hebrew: “אוסטרובוטניה”
  • Hungarian: “Pohjanmaa”
  • Icelandic: “Austurbotn”
  • Icelandic: “Österbotten”
  • Inari Sami: “Pohjanmaa eennâmkodde”
  • Inari Sami: “Pohjanmaa eennâmkodde‎”
  • Inari Sami: “Tavepoođâeennâm eennâmkodde‎”
  • Indonesian: “Ostrobothnia”
  • Irish: “An Ostrabóitne”
  • Italian: “Ostrobotnia”
  • Japanese: “ポフヤンマー県”
  • Javanese: “Ostrobothnia”
  • Kazakh: “Остроботния”
  • Kirghiz: “Остроботния”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Похьянма”
  • Korean: “포흐얀마 지역”
  • Latvian: “Pohjanmā”
  • Lithuanian: “Pohjanma”
  • Lombard: “Ostrobotnia”
  • Luxembourgish: “Österbotten”
  • Malay: “Ostrobothnia”
  • Manx: “Österbotten”
  • Manx: “Pohjanmaa”
  • Mazanderani: “اوستروبوتنیا ناحیه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ostrobothnia Tōa-khu”
  • Nepali: “ओस्ट्रोबोथनिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “Österbotten”
  • Northern Sami: “Bađaeatnama eanangoddi”
  • Northern Sami: “Pohjanmaa eanangoddi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Österbotten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Österbotten”
  • Norwegian: “Österbotten”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Œastbodan”
  • Oromo: “Ostrobothnia”
  • Ossetian: “Остроботни (регион)”
  • Ossetian: “Остроботни”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਸਟ੍ਰੋਬੋਥਨੀਆ”
  • Persian: “اوستروبوتنیا”
  • Polish: “Ostrobotnia”
  • Portuguese: “Ostrobótnia”
  • Pushto: “اوستروبوتنيا”
  • Romanian: “Ostrobotnia”
  • Russian: “Остроботния”
  • Scots: “Ostrobothnie”
  • Serbian: “Ostrobotnija”
  • Serbian: “Остроботнија (округ)”
  • Serbian: “Остроботнија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ostrobotnija”
  • Skolt Sami: “Vuâđđmäädd mäddkåʹdd”
  • Slovak: “Ostrobotnija”
  • Slovak: “Pohjanmaa”
  • Slovenian: “Ostrobotnija”
  • Somali: “Ostrobothnia”
  • Spanish: “Ostrobotnia”
  • Spanish: “Región de Ostrobotnia”
  • Swahili: “Ostrobothnia”
  • Swedish: “Landskapet Österbotten”
  • Swedish: “Österbotten”
  • Tajik: “Остроботния”
  • Tatar: “Остроботния”
  • Turkish: “Ostrobothnia”
  • Turkish: “Ostrobotniya”
  • Ukrainian: “Остроботнія”
  • Ukrainian: “Пог’янмаа”
  • Urdu: “اوستروبوثنیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Ostrobotnia”
  • Vietnamese: “Ostrobothnia”
  • Western Panjabi: “اوسٹروبوتھنیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “博滕区”
  • Yue Chinese: “博滕”
  • “Österbotten”

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