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The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. It borders the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also borders the Gulf of Finland and Russia.

Historical Provinces

For History, Geography and Culture see: Tavastia, Karelia and Nylandia

In the 1997 redesign that reduced their number of provinces from 12 to 6 the Uusimaa province, Kymi province and the southern parts of Häme province formed the new province of Southern Finland.

Administration

Main article: State Provincial Office of Southern Finland

The State Provincial Office is a joint regional authority of seven different ministries. It promotes national and regional objectives of the State central administration. The State Provincial Office of Southern Finland employs about 380 persons. Its service units are located in the cities of Hämeenlinna, Helsinki and Kouvola.

Regions

Main article: Regions of Southern Finland

Southern Finland is divided into 6 regions:

South Karelia (Etelä-Karjala/ Södra Karelen)
Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme/ Päijänne Tavastland)
Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme/ Egentliga Tavastland)
Uusimaa (Uusimaa/ Nyland)
Eastern Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa/ Östra Nyland)
Kymenlaakso (Kymenlaakso/ Kymmenedalen)

Southern Finland is divided into 88 municipalities.

Heraldry

Main article: Heraldry of Southern Finland

The coat of arms of Southern Finland is composed of the arms of Tavastia, Karelia and Nylandia.

External links

Southern Finland State Provincial Office - Official site

v t e Former provinces of Finland
In parentheses are years when provinces were established and disestablished.
1634–1775	Turku and Pori (1634) Nyland and Tavastehus (1634) Ostrobothnia (1634–1775) Viborg and Nyslott (1634–1721) Kexholm (1634–1721) Kymmenegård and Nyslott (1721–1747) Savolax and Kymmenegård (1747–1775)
1775–1831	Turku and Pori (1634) Nyland and Tavastehus (1634–1831) Vaasa (1775) Oulu (1775) Kymmenegård (1775–1831) Savolax and Karelia (1775–1831) Viipuri (1812)
1831–1918	Turku and Pori (1634) Vaasa (1775) Oulu (1775) Viipuri (1812) Häme (1831) Uusimaa (1831) Mikkeli (1831) Kuopio (1831)
1918–1997	Turku and Pori (1634–1997) Vaasa (1775–1997) Oulu (1775) Viipuri (1812–1945) Häme (1831–1997) Uusimaa (1831–1997) Mikkeli (1831–1997) Kuopio (1831–1997) Åland (1918) Petsamo (1921–1921) Lapland (1938) Kymi (1945–1997) Central Finland (1960–1997) Northern Karelia (1960–1997)
1997–2009	Oulu (1775–2009) Åland (1918–2009) Lapland (1938–2009) Southern Finland (1997–2009) Western Finland (1997–2009) Eastern Finland (1997–2009)
Related	Historical provinces

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Provinces of Finland