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South Karelia (or Southern Karelia, Finnish: Etelä-Karjala; Swedish: Södra Karelen) is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Kymenlaakso , South Savo and North Karelia , as well as Russia ( Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast ).
The coat of arms of Karelia, first used in 1562 Map of North Karelia (green) and South Karelia (yellow) regions, border of the historical province of Karelia in red. Karelia (Finnish: Karjala: Swedish: Karelen) is a historical province of Finland, consisting of the modern-day Finnish regions of South Karelia and North Karelia plus the historical regions of Ladoga Karelia and the Karelian ...
White Karelia (sometimes the Finnish or Karelian term "Viena Karelia", or in some English-language sources, "White Sea Karelia", is used) is the northern part of East Karelia and Olonets Karelia is the southern part. Tver Karelia denotes the villages in the Tver Oblast that are inhabited by Tver Karelians. View of Lappeenranta, South Karelia.
South Karelian dialects, Karelian dialects [1] or Southeast Finnish dialects (Finnish: kaakkoismurteet) are Eastern Finnish dialects spoken in South Karelia, along with eastern parts of Kymenlaakso (Virolahti and Miehikkälä). [2] [3] Prior to the Winter War, the dialects were spoken along the Karelian Isthmus and Ingria.
Get the Kaiturinpaa, South Karelia local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
The former Province of Southern Finland in Finland was divided into six regions, 16 sub-regions, and 88 municipalities. Regions. South Karelia (Etelä-Karjala ...
Sweden received the southern portion of the Karelian Isthmus and most of South Karelia. The province of Swedish Karelia would include this territory, plus the region east of the Kymi river . The Baltic Sea port city of Viborg (Finnish: Viipuri ) became the capital of the new Swedish province, with the Fief of Viborg existing from 1320 to 1534.
The 9 municipalities of the South Karelia Region (Finnish: Etelä-Karjala; Swedish: Södra Karelen) in Finland are divided on two sub-regions: Imatra sub-region [ edit ]