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Åland Islands

Flag of Åland
Flag
Coat of arms of Åland
Coat of arms
Motto: "Islands of Peace"
Anthem: Ålänningens sång
Location of Åland
Capital
and largest city
Mariehamn
Official languages Swedish
Demonym(s)
    • Ålandic
    • Ålandish
    • Ålänning
    • Åländare
  • Ahvenanmaalainen
Government Autonomous region of Finland
• Governora
Peter Lindbäck
• Premier
Katrin Sjögren
Autonomy
• Declared
1920
• Recognized
1921b
Area
• Total
1,580 km2 (610 sq mi) (unranked)
Population
• 2011 estimate
28,355
• Density
18.14/km2 (47.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate
• Total
$1.563 billion
• Per capita
$55,829
HDI (2007) 0.967
very high
Currency Euro (€)d (EUR)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)
Calling code +358e
ISO 3166 code AX
Internet TLD .axf
  1. The governorship is an administrative post appointed by the Government of Finland and does not have any authority over the autonomous Government of Åland.
  2. Settled by the League of Nations following the Åland crisis.
  3. Åland held a separate referendum and then joined at the same time as the rest of Finland.
  4. Until 1999, the Finnish markka. The Swedish krona (SEK) is also widely used.
  5. Area code 18.
  6. Replacing .aland.fi from August 2006. The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with Finland and the rest of European Union member states.

The Åland Islands (Swedish: Åland (pronounced), Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. It is situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and forms an autonomous, demilitarized, monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province, region and historical province of Finland. It is the smallest province of Finland, comprising 0.5% of Finland's population and 0.49% of land area.

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