Eastern Uusimaa
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former region of Finland, now part of Uusimaa
Key facts
- Country
- Finland
- Historical province
- Uusimaa
- Capital
- Porvoo
- Total
- 2,800.28 km (1,081.19 sq mi)
- Density
- 34.0/km (88.1/sq mi)
- Regional bird
- Swallow ( Hirundo rustica )
- Regional fish
- Trout ( Salmo trutta )
- Regional flower
- Coltsfoot ( Tussilago farfara )
- Website
- ita-uusimaa.fi
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Itä-Uudenmaan maakuntaportaali
ita-uusimaa.fi →Link to the official site · 6,406 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Finland
- Country
- Finland
- Capital
- Porvoo
- Area
- 2800.28
- Shares border with
- Kymenlaakso
- Official website
- www.ita-uusimaa.fi
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- official symbol
- limestone
- Commons category
- Eastern Uusimaa
- topic's main category
- Category:Eastern Uusimaa
- inception
- 1994-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2010-12-31
- native label
- Östra Nyland
- replaces
- Southern Finland Province
- replaced by
- Uusimaa
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Uusimaa
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Eastern Uusimaa or, officially, Itä-Uusimaa (Finnish: Itä-Uusimaa; Swedish: Östra Nyland; literally "Eastern New Land") was one of the 19 regions of Finland, until it consolidated with the region of Uusimaa on 1 January 2011. It bordered the regions of Uusimaa, Päijät-Häme and Kymenlaakso.
Historical provinces
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eastern Uusimaa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.