Uusimaa
region of Finland
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Summary
Uusimaa is a region of Finland[1]. Uusimaa draws 1,950 Wikipedia views per month (region of finland category, ranking #3 of 20).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Finland[3]
- Country: Finland[4]
- Instance of: NUTS 2 statistical territorial entity[5]
- Capital: Helsinki[6]
- Shares border with: Southwest Finland[7], Kanta-Häme[8], Päijät-Häme[9], Kymenlaakso[10]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Helsinki sub-region[11], Loviisa sub-region[12], Porvoo sub-region[13], Raseborg sub-region[14]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Uusimaa[15]
- Commons category: Uusimaa[16]
- Located in time zone: Eastern European Time[17], UTC+02:00[18], UTC+03:00[19]
- Inception: January 1, 1994[20]
- Authority: Southern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency[21]
- Official website: https://www.uudenmaanliitto.fi/[22], https://www.uudenmaanliitto.fi/sv[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Uusimaa[24]
- Population: 1,704,607[25]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[26]
- Replaces: Southern Finland Province[27], Eastern Uusimaa[28]
- Official name: Uusimaa[29], Nyland[30]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Uusimaa[31]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Uusimaa[32]
- Native label: Uusimaa[33], Nyland[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Uusimaa[35]
- Area: 9568.85 km²[36]
- Official symbol: Western European hedgehog[37], Common Blackbird[38], zander[39], Anemone nemorosa[40], hornblende[41], Lake Tuusula[42]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[43]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Uusimaa[44]
Why It Matters
Uusimaa has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Uusimaa is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]