South Karelia
South Karelia is in Southern Finland, by the southern shores of the lake Saimaa. South Karelia's population is about 136,000.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lappeenranta and Imatra.
Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Karelia. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland.
Imatra
Imatra is an industrial town in South Karelia. It is dominated by Lake Saimaa, the River Vuoksi and the Finnish-Russian border. Imatra’s over 300-year-old history of busy tourism is greatly attributed to the attraction of the spectacular rapids of the river Vuoksi, which have enticed many illustrious personas to visit the area throughout the ages.
Joutseno
Joutseno is a town in South Karelia, Finland, by the lake Saimaa, some 50 km from Vyborg, Russia. Jouseno is nowadays part of Lappeenranta.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Parikkala and Rautjärvi.
Parikkala
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Parikkala is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region, 97 kilometres from Lappeenranta and 139 kilometres from Joensuu.
Rautjärvi
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Rautjärvi is a municipality in the South Karelia region of Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,945 and covers an area of 401.89 square kilometres of which 50.25 km2 is water.
Lappeenranta countryside
Lappeenranta countryside is a rural area, the westernmost part of South Karelia. It's made up of the municipalities of Lemi, Luumäki, Savitaipale and Taipalsaari.South Karelia
- Type: region of Finland with 128,000 residents
- Description: region of Finland
- Also known as: “Etelä-Karjala”, “Södra Karelen”, “South Karelia Region”, “Southern Karelia”, and “Sydkarelens Förbund”
- Neighbors: Karelia, Kymenlaakso, Leningrad Oblast, North Karelia, and South Savonia
- Location: Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“South Karelia” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Karelia Jugore”
- Arabic: “كاريليا الجنوبية”
- Armenian: “Հարավային Կարելիա”
- Asturian: “Carelia del Sur”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Kareliya”
- Azerbaijani: “Södra Karelen”
- Balinese: “Karelia Kelod”
- Basque: “Hego Karelia”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Карэлія”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ কারেলিয়া”
- Bosnian: “Južna Karelija”
- Catalan: “Carèlia Meridional”
- Cebuano: “Etelä-Karjala”
- Chinese: “Lâm Karelia Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “南卡爾亞拉”
- Chinese: “南卡累利阿区”
- Chinese: “南卡累利阿區”
- Czech: “Jižní Karélie”
- Danish: “Etelä-Karjala”
- Danish: “Södra Karelen”
- Dutch: “Etelä-Karjala”
- Dutch: “Södra Karelen”
- Dutch: “Zuid-Karelië”
- Esperanto: “Etelä-Karjala”
- Esperanto: “Södra Karelen”
- Esperanto: “Suda Karelio”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Karjala maakond”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Karjala”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Karjala”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Karjalan maakunta”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Karjalan Maakunta”
- Finnish: “Södra Karelen”
- French: “Carélie du Sud”
- French: “Etelä-Karjala”
- French: “Södra Karelen”
- Galician: “Carelia do Sur”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთი კარელია”
- German: “Etelä-Karjala”
- German: “Södra Karelen”
- German: “Südkarelien”
- Greek: “Νότια Καρελία”
- Gujarati: “સાઉથ કારેલિયા”
- Hebrew: “דרום קרליה”
- Hindi: “दक्षिण केरलिया”
- Hungarian: “Dél-Karjala”
- Icelandic: “Suður-Karelía”
- Ido: “Sud-Karelia”
- Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Kärjil eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Kärjil eennâmkodde”
- Indonesian: “Etelä-Karjala”
- Indonesian: “Karelia Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Södra Karelen”
- Irish: “An Chairéil Theas”
- Italian: “Carelia meridionale”
- Italian: “Carelia Meridionale”
- Italian: “Etelä-Karjala”
- Italian: “Södra Karelen”
- Japanese: “南カルヤラ県”
- Japanese: “南カレリア県”
- Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕರೇಲಿಯಾ”
- Komi-Permyak: “Этеля Карьяла”
- Korean: “남카리알라 지역”
- Latin: “Carelia Meridionalis”
- Latvian: “Dienvidkarēlija”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Karelija”
- Livvi: “Suvi-Karjalan muakundu”
- Lombard: “Carelia del Sud”
- Low German: “Süüdkarelien”
- Malay: “Karelia Selatan”
- Marathi: “दक्षिण केरेलिया”
- Mazanderani: “جنوبی کارلیا ناحیه”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Karelia Tōa-khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Süüdkareelien”
- Northern Sami: “Lulli-Gárjila eanangoddi”
- Northern Sami: “Mátta-Gárjila eanangoddi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Södra Karelen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Södra Karelen”
- Norwegian: “Södra Karelen”
- Norwegian: “Sør-Karelen”
- Ossetian: “Хуссар Карели”
- Persian: “کارلیای جنوبی”
- Polish: “Karelia Południowa”
- Portuguese: “Carélia do Sul”
- Portuguese: “Etelä-Karjala”
- Portuguese: “Södra Karelen”
- Romanian: “Carelia de Sud”
- Russian: “Этеля-Карьяла”
- Russian: “Южная Карелия”
- Scots: “Sooth Karelie”
- Serbian: “Južna Karelija”
- Serbian: “Јужна Карелија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Južna Karelija”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු කරෙලියා”
- Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Kaʹrjjel mäddkåʹdd”
- Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Kaʹrjjel”
- Slovak: “Etelä-Karjala”
- Slovenian: “Južna Karelija”
- Spanish: “Etelä-Karjala”
- Spanish: “Karelia del Sur”
- Spanish: “Región de Carelia Meridional”
- Spanish: “Södra Karelen”
- Swedish: “Etelä-Karjala”
- Swedish: “Landskapet Södra Karelen”
- Swedish: “Södra Karelen”
- Tamil: “தெற்கு கரேலியா”
- Tatar: “Көньяк Карелия”
- Telugu: “దక్షిణ కరేలియా”
- Thai: “คาเรเลีย”
- Turkish: “Güney Karelya”
- Ukrainian: “Південна Карелія”
- Urdu: “جنوبی کاریلیا”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Karelia”
- Western Panjabi: “تھلواں کریلیا”
- Wu Chinese: “南卡累利阿区”
- Yue Chinese: “南卡爾亞拉”
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