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Lapland (Finland)

Administration
Full nameLapland
Native nameLapin maakunta
Other nameLapplands landskap
Settlement typeRegion
CountryFinland
Government
CapitalRovaniemi
Geography
Total Area38207.8 sq mi (98984 km2)
Demography
Total Population184000 (2009)
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneEET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)EEST (UTC+3)
ISO 3166 codeLL

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Lapland ( ; ; ) is the largest and northernmost of the regions of Finland. The municipalities in the province cooperate in a Regional Council. It borders the Region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders to the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Finnmark County and Troms County in Norway and to Murmansk Oblast in Russia.


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