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Southern Finland

Southern Finland lies by the coast of the Gulf of Finland, stretching into the lakeland of interior . It is the most populous part of the country, including the urban sprawl around .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Helsinki and Espoo.

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is 's capital and largest city. combines modern and historic architectural styles with beautiful open spaces. The city is surrounded by hundreds of tiny islands, and is a cultural bridge between the East and West.

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with a population of a quarter of a million is the second largest city in Finland. It's part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of , , and the small city of Kauniainen which is completely encircled by .

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is in the region in southern Finland, right north of . Part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, it is the fourth most populous city in Finland with about 240,000 inhabitants as of 2021.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Uusimaa and Päijänne Tavastia.

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is a region along the coast in Southern Finland, with hundreds of islands, some big lakes and inland countryside. The Finnish capital Helsinki is in central .

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Päijät-Häme is a region in Southern Finland south of the lake . It borders the regions of , , , , and .

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Kanta-Häme, sometimes referred to as , is a region of . It borders the regions of , , , and Uusimaa.

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is a region in . It borders the regions of , , and and . Its name means literally The Valley of River .

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is in Southern Finland, by the southern shores of the lake Saimaa. 's population is about 136,000.

Southern Finland

Latitude of center
60.7001° or 60° 42′ 0″ north
Longitude of center
25.6091° or 25° 36′ 33″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q188752
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Southern Finland” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فنلندا الجنوبية”
  • Armenian: “Հարավ-Ֆինլանդական շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Finlandia Meridional”
  • Basque: “Hego Finlandia”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldeko Finlandia”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Фінляндыя”
  • Bulgarian: “Южна Финландия”
  • Catalan: “Finlàndia del Sud”
  • Catalan: “Finlàndia Meridional”
  • Chechen: “Къилба Финлянди”
  • Chechen: “Къилбера Финлянди”
  • Chinese: “南芬兰省”
  • Chinese: “南芬蘭省”
  • Czech: “Jižní Finsko”
  • Danish: “Sydfinland”
  • Danish: “Sydfinlands len”
  • Dutch: “Zuid Finland”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Finland”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Suda Finnlando”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Finnlando”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Soome lään”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Soome”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Suomen lääni”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Suomi”
  • French: “Finlande méridionale”
  • French: “Finlande-Meridionale”
  • French: “Finlande-méridionale”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი ფინეთი”
  • German: “Etelä-Suomi”
  • German: “FI-ES”
  • German: “Län Südfinnland”
  • German: “Südfinnland”
  • Greek: “Νότια Φινλανδία”
  • Hebrew: “דרום פינלנד”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Finnország”
  • Ido: “Sud-Finlando”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Finlandia Selatan”
  • Italian: “Finlandia meridionale”
  • Italian: “Finlandia Meridionale”
  • Japanese: “エテラ＝スオミ州”
  • Japanese: “南スオミ州”
  • Japanese: “南フィンランド州”
  • Korean: “남수오미 주”
  • Korean: “남수오미주”
  • Korean: “남핀란드 주”
  • Latin: “Finnia Meridionalis”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidsomija”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidsomijas lēne”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidsomijas lēnis”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Suomija”
  • Malay: “Finland Selatan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüdfinlun Prowins”
  • Northern Sami: “Lulli-Suoma leatna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Södra Finlands län”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Etelä-suomen lääni”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Södra Finlands län”
  • Norwegian: “Södra Finlands län”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Finlàndia Meridionala”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Финлянди”
  • Persian: “استان فنلاند جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Finlandia Południowa”
  • Portuguese: “Finlândia Meridional”
  • Romanian: “Etelä-Suomen lääni”
  • Romanian: “Finlanda de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Södra Finlands län”
  • Russian: “Южная Финляндия”
  • Slovak: “Južné Fínsko”
  • Slovenian: “FI-ES”
  • Slovenian: “Južna Finska”
  • Slovenian: “Südfinnland”
  • Spanish: “Etela Suomen laani”
  • Spanish: “Etela Suomen laäni”
  • Spanish: “Etela Suomen lääni”
  • Spanish: “Etelä Suomen lääni”
  • Spanish: “Etela-Suomen laani”
  • Spanish: “Etela-Suomen laäni”
  • Spanish: “Etela-Suomen lääni”
  • Spanish: “Etelä-Suomen lääni”
  • Spanish: “Finlandia del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Finlandia Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Finlandia Meridional”
  • Swedish: “Etelä-Suomen lääni”
  • Swedish: “Södra Finlands län”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Çanubi Finland”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ҷануби Финланд”
  • Turkish: “Güney Finlandiya”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Фінляндія”
  • Venetian: “Finlandia meridionale”
  • Venetian: “Finlandia meridionałe”
  • Venetian: “Finłandia meridionałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Phần Lan”

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