Finland official name is Republic of Finland, Finnish Suomi or Suomen Tasa Valta, Swedish Finland, or Republiken Finland, European country. It is one of the world's most northern and geographically remote countries and is subject to a severe climate. It is bordered on the north by Norway, on the northwest by Sweden, on the southwest by the Gulf of Bothnia, on the south by the Gulf of Finland, and on the east by Russia. Its area is 130,559 square miles, of which the Εland Islands, an archipelago at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia, constitute 590 square miles. About one-third of the territory of Finland--most of the lδδni of Lappi--lies north of the Arctic Circle. The capital is Helsinki. Finland has a population of 5, 137, 269 according to 1997 census. Finland's inland waters occupy almost 10 percent of the country's total area; there are 10 lakes of more than ....

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