Southern Ostrobothnia
South Ostrobothnia is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Seinäjoki and Alavus.
Seinäjoki
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Seinäjoki is a city in Southern Ostrobothnia. Seinäjoki is the biggest city and the centre of the Region of South Ostrobothnia, in western Finland. It is in the junction of five railways and at the intersection of several main roads.
Alavus
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Alavus is a town and municipality of Finland in the province of Western Finland. Part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region, it is located 52 kilometres southeast of Seinäjoki, 138 kilometres north of Tampere and 319 kilometres north of Helsinki.
Kauhajoki
Kauhajoki is a town in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. The parliament was evacuated here during World War II. A notable attraction is the Kauhaneva-Pohjankangas National Park.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Alajärvi and Lapua.
Alajärvi
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Alajärvi is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of 9,065 and covers an area of 1,056.74 square kilometres of which 47.99 km2 is water.
Lapua
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Lapua is a town and municipality in Finland's South Ostrobothnia region. It is located next to the Lapua River. The town has a population of 14,016 and covers an area of 751.82 square kilometres of which 13.67 km2 is water.
Ähtäri
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Ähtäri is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of 5,180 and covers an area of 910.87 square kilometres of which 105 km2 is water.
Kauhava
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Kauhava is a town and municipality in Southern Ostrobothnia. It is known for its variant of puukko knives.
Kurikka
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Kurikka is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Kurikka is 19,474 and the municipality covers an area of 1,724.62 km2 of which 7.79 km2 is inland water.
Ilmajoki
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Ilmajoki is a municipality of Finland. Ilmajoki is a town and municipality situated in Finland's South Ostrobothnia region, founded in 1865. Ilmajoki has a population of 12,165 and covers an area of 579.79 km2, of which 2.89 km2 is water.
Kuortane
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Kuortane is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 3,328 and covers an area of 484.88 square kilometres of which 22.72 km2 is water.
Karijoki
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Karijoki is a municipality in Southern Ostrobothnia in Finland, located 25 km from the coast and 90 km south-west of Seinäjoki. With only around 1,500 inhabitants it is a small place, but it gained fame when a Neanderthal cave was discovered in 1997.
Isojoki
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Isojoki is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the South Ostrobothnia region. The city of Pori is located 83 kilometres south of Isojoki. Neighbouring municipalities are Honkajoki, Karijoki, Kauhajoki, Kristinestad, Merikarvia and Siikainen.
Evijärvi
Evijärvi is a town and municipality in Southern Ostrobothnia. It's at a bay of a lake with the same name.
Vimpeli
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Vimpeli is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region, 79 kilometres northeast of Seinäjoki and 166 kilometres northwest of Jyväskylä.
Lappajärvi
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Lappajärvi is a municipality in Finland's Southern Ostrobothnia region. It is located 78 kilometres from Seinäjoki, 80 kilometres from Kokkola and 117 kilometres from Vaasa.
Soini
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Soini is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 1,793 and covers an area of 574.22 square kilometres of which 22.17 km2 is water.
Teuva
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Teuva is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Teuva is 4,628 and the municipality covers an area of 554.73 km2 of which 1.35 km2 is inland water.
Jalasjärvi
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Jalasjärvi is a former municipality in Southern Ostrobothnia, in the Seinäjoki region. It merged with Kurikka in 2016.
Southern Ostrobothnia
- Type: region of Finland with 189,000 residents
- Description: region of Finland
- Also known as: “Etelä-Pohjanmaa”, “Södra Österbotten”, “South Ostrobothnia”, and “South Ostrobothnia Region”
- Neighbors: Central Finland, Central Ostrobothnia, Ostrobothnia, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta
- Location: West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Southern Ostrobothnia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Suid-Pohjanmaa”
- Albanian: “Ostrobothnia Jugore”
- Arabic: “بوهيانما الجنوبية”
- Armenian: “Հարավային Օստրոբոտնիա”
- Asturian: “Ostrobotnia del Sur”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Ostrobotniya”
- Balinese: “Ostrobothnia Kelod”
- Basque: “Hego Ostrobotnia”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Астработнія”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Пох’янма”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ওস্ট্রোবোথনিয়া”
- Bosnian: “Južna Ostrobotnija”
- Catalan: “Ostrobòtnia del Sud”
- Cebuano: “Etelä-Pohjanmaa”
- Chinese: “Lâm Ostrobothnia Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “南博滕”
- Chinese: “南博滕區”
- Chinese: “南波赫扬马区”
- Czech: “Jižní Pohjanmaa”
- Danish: “Södra Österbotten”
- Dutch: “Etelä-Pohjanmaa”
- Esperanto: “Suda Ostrobotnio”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Pohjanmaa maakond”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Pohjanmaa”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Pohjanmaa”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Pohjanmaan maakunta”
- Finnish: “Södra Österbotten”
- French: “Ostrobotnie du Sud”
- Galician: “Ostrobotnia do Sur”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთი ოსტრობოტნია”
- German: “Etelä-Pohjanmaa”
- German: “Södra Österbotten”
- German: “Südösterbotten”
- Greek: “Νότια Οστροβοθνία”
- Gujarati: “સધર્ન ઓસ્ટ્રોબોથનિયા”
- Hebrew: “אוסטרובוטניה הדרומית”
- Hindi: “दक्षिणी ऑस्ट्रोबोथनिया”
- Icelandic: “Suður-Austurbotn”
- Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Pohjanmaa eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Pohjanmaa eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Tavepoođâeennâm eennâmkodde”
- Indonesian: “Etelä-Pohjanmaa”
- Indonesian: “Ostrobothnia Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Södra Österbotten”
- Irish: “An Ostrabóitne Theas”
- Italian: “Ostrobotnia meridionale”
- Italian: “Ostrobotnia Meridionale”
- Japanese: “南ポフヤンマー県”
- Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಓಸ್ಟ್ರೊಬೋಥ್ನಿಯಾ”
- Komi-Permyak: “Этеля Похьянма”
- Korean: “남포흐얀마 지역”
- Latvian: “Dienvidpohjanmā”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Pohjanma”
- Lombard: “Ostrobotnia del Sud”
- Malay: “Southern Ostrobothnia”
- Marathi: “साऊथर्न ओस्ट्रोबॉथनिआ”
- Mazanderani: “جنوبی اوستروبوتنیا ناحیه”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Ostrobothnia Tōa-khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Süüdösterbotten”
- Northern Sami: “Lulli-Bađaeatnama eanangoddi”
- Northern Sami: “Lulli-Pohjanmaa eanangoddi”
- Northern Sami: “Mátta-Bađaeatnama eanangoddi”
- Northern Sami: “Mátta-Pohjanmaa eanangoddi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Södra Österbotten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Södra Österbotten”
- Norwegian: “Södra Österbotten”
- Norwegian: “Sør Østerbotten”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ostrobòtnia del Sud”
- Ossetian: “Хуссар Остроботни”
- Persian: “اوستروبوتنیای جنوبی”
- Polish: “Etelä-Pohjanmaa”
- Polish: “Ostrobotnia Południowa”
- Portuguese: “Ostrobótnia do Sul”
- Romanian: “Ostrobotnia de Sud”
- Russian: “Этеля-Похьянмаа”
- Russian: “Южная Остроботния”
- Russian: “Южная Эстерботния”
- Scots: “Soothren Ostrobothnie”
- Serbian: “Južna Ostrobotnija”
- Serbian: “Јужна Остроботнија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Južna Ostrobotnija”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු ඔස්ට්රෝබෝත්නියා”
- Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Vuâđđmäädd mäddkåʹdd”
- Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Vuâđđmädd”
- Slovak: “Etelä-Pohjanmaa”
- Slovenian: “Etelä-Pohjanmaa”
- Slovenian: “Južna Ostrobotnija”
- Slovenian: “Södra Österbotten”
- Spanish: “Ostrobotnia del Sur”
- Spanish: “Región de Ostrobotnia del Sur”
- Swedish: “Etelä-Pohjanmaa”
- Swedish: “Landskapet Södra Österbotten”
- Swedish: “Södra Österbotten”
- Tamil: “தெற்கு ஆஸ்ட்ரோபோத்நியா”
- Telugu: “దక్షిణ ఓస్ట్రోబోతినా”
- Thai: “เซาเทิร์น ออสโตรบอธเนีย”
- Turkish: “Güney Ostrobothnia”
- Turkish: “Güney Ostrobotniya”
- Ukrainian: “Південна Пог’янмаа”
- Ukrainian: “Південна Пох’янмаа”
- Urdu: “جنوبی اوستروبوثنیہ”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Ostrobothnia”
- Vietnamese: “Phía Nam Ostrobothnia”
- Western Panjabi: “تھلواں اوسٹروبوتھنیا”
- Wu Chinese: “南博滕区”
- Yue Chinese: “南博滕”
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