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2022-JUN-22


EUROPEAN UNION  FINLAND 
  
(Brussels a + Luxembourg j + Strasbourg l) - (Helsinki a + Kultaranta s) -

Republic of FINLAND

Flag or Logo since 1993-09-16
SUOMEN Tasavalta (fi) + Republiken FINLAND (sv) UNO Member
Emblem or Symbol

President Ursula von der Leyen
(ruler of EUROPEAN UNION since 2019-12-01)

President Sauli Niinisto
(ruler of FINLAND since 2012-03-01)
 
 
 
 
Capitals & administrative places: Helsinki a + Kultaranta s
(Helsinki + Kultaranta)
a administrative, national or political capital (also ruler's residence)
r summer capital
Official & national languages: Finnish (fi) . Swedish (sv) .

Mainland:


CONTINENTAL FINLAND Republic of Finland : CONTINENTAL FINLAND  (Helsinki + Kultaranta)

18 Regionalized Divisions:

BIRKALAND BIRKALAND Region [Pirkkaland]  (Tampere)Local: PIRKANMAAN maakunta (fi) + BIRKALANDS Landskap (sv)  (Tampere)
CAJANIA CAJANIA Region  (Kajana)Local: KAINUUN maakunta (fi) + KAJANALANDS Landskap (sv)  (Kajaani)
CENTRAL FINLAND CENTRAL FINLAND Region  (Jyvaskyla)Local: KESKI-SUOMEN maakunta (fi) + MELLERSTA FINLANDS Landskap (sv)  (Jyväskylä)
CENTRAL OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL OSTROBOTHNIA Region  (Kokkola)Local: KESKI-POHJANMAAN maakunta (fi) + MELLERTA ÖSTERBOTTENS Landskap (sv)  (Kokkola)
FINNISH LAPLAND FINNISH LAPLAND Region  (Rovaniemi)Local: LAPIN maakunta (fi) + LAPPLANDS Landskap (sv) + LAPPI Eanangoddi (se)  (Rovaniemi)
KYMI VALLEY KYMI VALLEY Region  (Kouvola)Local: KYMENLAAKSON maakunta (fi) + KYMMENEDALENS Landskap (sv)  (Kouvola)
NORTH KARELIA NORTH KARELIA Region  (Joensuu)Local: POHJOIS-KARJALAN maakunta (fi) + NORRA KARELENS Landskap (sv)  (Joensuu)
NORTHERN OSTROBOTHNIA NORTHERN OSTROBOTHNIA Region  (Oulu)Local: POHJOIS-POHJANMAAN maakunta (fi) + NORRA ÖSTERBOTTENS Landskap (sv)  (Oulu)
NORTHERN SAVONIA NORTHERN SAVONIA Region [North Savolaxia]  (Kuopio)Local: POHJOIS-SAVON maakunta (fi) + NORRA SAVOLAX Landskap (sv)  (Kuopio)
NYLAND NYLAND Region [Newland]  (Helsinki)Local: Uudenmaan maakunta : UUSIMAA (fi) + NYLANDS Landskap (sv)  (Helsinki)
OSTROBOTHNIA OSTROBOTHNIA Region  (Wasa)Local: POHJANMAAN maakunta (fi) + ÖSTERBOTTENS Landskap (sv)  (Vaasa)
PAIJANNE TAVASTIA PAIJANNE TAVASTIA Region  (Lahti)Local: PÄIJÄT-HÄMEEN maakunta (fi) + PÄÏJÄNNE TAVASTLANDS Landskap (sv)  (Lahti)
SATAGUNDIA SATAGUNDIA Region  (Pori)Local: Satakunnan maakunta : SATAKUNTA (fi) + SATAKUNDA Landskap (sv)  (Pori)
SOUTH KARELIA SOUTH KARELIA Region  (Lappeenranta)Local: ETELÄ-KARJALAN maakunta (fi) + SÖDRA KARELENS Landskap (sv)  (Lappeenranta)
SOUTHERN OSTROBOTHNIA SOUTHERN OSTROBOTHNIA Region  (Seinajoki)Local: ETELÄ-POHJANMAAN maakunta (fi) + SÖDRA ÖSTERBOTTENS Landskap (sv)  (Seinäjoki)
SOUTHERN SAVONIA SOUTHERN SAVONIA Region [South Savolaxia]  (Saint Michel)Local: ETELÄ-SAVON maakunta (fi) + SÖDRA SAVOLAX Landskap (sv)  (Mikkeli)
SOUTHWEST FINLAND SOUTHWEST FINLAND Region [Finland Proper]  (Turku)Local: VARSINAIS-SUOMEN maakunta (fi) + EGENTLIGA FINLANDS Landskap (sv)  (Turku)
SOUTHWEST TAVASTIA SOUTHWEST TAVASTIA Region [Tavastia Proper]  (Tavastehus)Local: KANTA-HÄMEEN maakunta (fi) + EGENTLIGA TAVASTLANDS Landskap (sv)  (Hämeenlinna)


1 Largely Autonomous or Semi-Independent Polity

ALAND ALAND Autonomous Country  (Mariehamn) President Sauli Niinisto


1 Condominium:

SAIMAA CANAL ZONE SAIMAA CANAL Zone [Russian Lease to Finland]  (Saima Canal)Local: SAIMAAN KANAVA Alue (fi) + SAYMENSKIY KANAL Zona : САЙМЕНСКИЙ КАНАЛ Зона (ru) + SAIMA KANALzon (sv)  (Saimaa Kanava)






Military entity abroad, special or locally shared:

EUNAVFOR ATALANTA European Union Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta : EUNAVFOR ATALANTA [European Naval Force on Somalia Coasts]  (Djibouti + Rota + Brest)Local: European Union Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta : EUNAVFOR ATALANTA (en) + Force navale de l'Union européenne en Somalie Opération Atalante : EUNAVFOR ATALANTE (fr)  (Djibouti + Rota + Brest)


115 International Organisations or Groupings membership (selective)


AFRICAN BANK African Development Bank : AFDB  (Tunis)
AIR SPORTS World Air Sports Federation : WASF  (Lausanne)
ANTARCTICA Antarctic Treaty System : ATS [Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty]  ((Buenos Aires))
ANTI-CORRUPTION International Anti-Corruption Academy : IACA  (Laxenburg)
ARCTIC ARCTIC Council  (Tromso)
ASIA-EUROPE Asia-Europe Meeting : ASEM  (Brussels + Singapore)
ASIAN BANK Asian Development Bank : ADB  (Mandaluyong City)
ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE BANK Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank : AIIB  (Beijing)
BALTIC SEA Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission : HELCOM  (Helsinki)
BALTIC SEA STATES Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States : CBSS  (Stockholm)
CENTRAL BANK Bank for International Settlements : BIS  (Basle)
CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research : CERN  (Meyrin)
CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROHIBITION Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons : OPCW  (The Hague)
COMMON FUND Common Fund for Commodities : CFC  (Geneva)
CUSTOMS World Customs Organization : WCO  (Brussels)
EASTERN ORTHODOXISM Orthodox Catholic Church : EASTERN ORTHODOX Church  (Phanar)
ENERGY International Energy Charter : IEC  (Woluwe-Saint Lambert)
ESA European Space Agency : ESA  (Paris)
EUMETSAT European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites : EUMETSAT  (Darmstadt)
EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community : EAEC  (Brussels)
EURO-ATLANTIC Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council : EAPC  (Sintra)
EUROCONTROL European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation : EUROCONTROL  (Brussels-Haren)
EUROPE Council of Europe : CE  (Strasbourg)
EUROPEAN BANK European Bank for Reconstruction and Development : EBRD  (London)
EUROPEAN PATENT European Patent Organisation : EPORG  (Munich)
EUROPEAN SCIENCE European Science Foundation : ESF  (Strasbourg)
EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY European Southern Observatory : ESO  (Garching near Munich)
EUROSYSTEM European Central Bank : ECB  (Frankfort on the Main)
EXPLORATION OF THE SEA International Council for the Exploration of the Sea : ICES  (Copenhagen)
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : FAO Specialized Agency  (Rome)
FIFA Federation of International Football Association : FIFA  (Zurich)
GENEVA CONVENTION Fourth Geneva Convention : GC IV  (Geneva)
GLOBAL FUND The Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria : GFATM  (Vernier-Geneva)
GROUP OF NINE Group of Nine North-Eastern European Nations : G9  (Prague)
HAGUE CONFERENCE Hague Conference on Private International Law : HCCH  (The Hague)
HAGUE CONVENTION Permanent Court of Arbitration : PCA  (The Hague)
HUMANITARIAN LAW International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission : IHFFC  (Berne)
HYDROGRAPHY International Hydrographic Organization : IHO  (Monaco)
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency : IAEA Specialized Agency  (Vienna)
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development : IBRD  (Washington-District of Columbia)
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization : ICAO Specialized Agency  (Montreal)
ICJ International Court of Justice : ICJ  (The Hague)
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development : IFAD Specialized Agency  (Rome)
ILO International Labour Organization : ILO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
IMF International Monetary Fund : IMF Specialized Agency  (Washington-District of Columbia)
IMO International Maritime Organization : IMO Specialized Agency  (London)
IMSO International Mobile Satellite Organization : IMSO  (London)
INTER-AMERICAN BANK Inter-American Development Bank : IADB  (Washington-District of Columbia)
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION Inter-Parliamentary Union : IPU  (Grand Saconnex)
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT International Criminal Court : ICCT  (The Hague)
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY International Energy Agency : IEA  (Paris)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance : INTERNATIONAL IDEA  (Stockholm)
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization : ICPO  (Lyons)
IOM International Organization for Migration : IOM Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency : IRENA  (Masdar City)
ISO International Organization for Standardization : ISO  (Geneva)
ITSO International Telecommunications Satellite Organization : ITSO  (Washington-District of Columbia)
ITU International Telecommunication Union : ITU Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
LUTHERANISM Lutheran World Federation : LWF  (Geneva)
MARITIME LAW International Maritime Committee : IMC  (Antwerp)
MEDITERRANEAN UNION Union for the Mediterranean : UFM  (Barcelona)
MISSILES Missile Technology Control Regime : MTCR  (Paris)
NATO-PEACE Partnership for Peace : PFP  (Brussels)
NATURE CONSERVATION International Union for Conservation of Nature : IUCN  (Gland)
NORDIC BANK Nordic Investment Bank : NIB  (Helsinki)
NORDIC COUNTRIES Nordic Council : NORDEN  (Copenhagen)
NORDIC FUND Nordic Development Fund : NDF  (Helsinki)
NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic : OSPAR Convention  (Sintra)
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty : NPT  (New York)
NUCLEAR TEST BAN Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Organization : CTBTO [Provisional Secretariat]  (Vienna)
OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development : OECD  (Paris)
OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : OHCHR Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
OLIVES International Olive Council : IOC [International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives]  (Madrid)
OLYMPIC GAMES International Olympic Committee : IOC  (Lausanne)
OPEN SKIES Treaty on Open Skies : TOS  (Helsinki)
OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe : OSCE  (Vienna)
PANEUROPA International Paneuropean Union : IPU  (Vienna)
PEACE World Peace Council : WPC  (Athens)
RED CROSS International Committee of the Red Cross : ICRC  (Geneva)
RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies : IFRCS  (Geneva)
REFRIGERATION International Institute of Refrigeration : IIR  (Paris)
ROMS International Romani Union : IRU  (Vienna)
SAMILAND SAAMI Council  (Karasjok)
SEABED Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority : ISA  (Kingston)
SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE Regional Cooperation Council : RCC  (Sarajevo)
TRIBUNAL OF THE SEA International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea : ITLOS  (Hamburg)
UN WOMEN United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women : UN WOMEN  (New York)
UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme : UN-HABITAT Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : UNCTAD  (Geneva)
UNDP United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme : UNEP Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization : UNESCO Specialized Agency  (Paris)
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change : UNFCCC  (New York)
UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees : UNHCR Agency  (Geneva)
UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund : UNICEF Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research : UNIDIR Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization : UNIDO Specialized Agency  (Vienna)
UNIDROIT International Institute for the Unification of Private Law : UNIDROIT  (Rome)
UNITED NATIONS United Nations Organization : UNO  (New York)
UNODA United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs : UNODA [Conference on Disarmament]  (Geneva)
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime : UNODC Agency  (Vienna)
UNOOSA Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies : OUTER SPACE Treaty  (Vienna)
UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : UNRWA  (Gaza + Amman)
UPEACE University for Peace : UPEACE  (Ciudad Colon)
UPU Universal Postal Union : UPU Specialized Agency  (Berne)
WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT The WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies  (Vienna)
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES International Bureau of Weights and Measures : IBWM  (Sevres + Saint Cloud)
WFP World Food Programme : WFP  (Rome)
WHALING International Whaling Commission : IWC  (Impington)
WHO World Health Organization : WHO Specialized Agency  (Pregny-Chambesy)
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization : WIPO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
WMO World Meteorological Organization : WMO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
WORLD BUSINESS International Chamber of Commerce : ICC [The Word Business Organization]  (Paris)
WORLD TRADE World Trade Organization : WTO  (Geneva)
WORLD TRADE LAW Advisory Centre on World Trade Organization Law : ACWL  (Geneva)


Other Independent or Semi-Independent Polities within the 2025's internationally recognized Country boundaries:

ALAND ALAND Autonomous Country  (Mariehamn)

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