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Historical province of Laponia (the borders of modern provinces with pink colour and the modern border of Finland, same as at the signing moment of final act of CSCE 1975) Coat of arms. Laponia (Finnish: Lappi, Swedish: Lappland) is a historical Finnish Province in the north of Finland.
Self-made in Inkscape. Base map from File:Map of Finland-en.svg; municipality borders from File:Suomi.kunnat.2010.svg with corrections and updates. Coat of arms is File:Lapin maakunnan vaakuna.svg. Author: Oona Räisänen : Other versions
Lapland is the home of about 3.4% of Finland's total population and is by far the least densely populated area in the country. The biggest towns in Lapland are Rovaniemi (the regional capital), Tornio , and Kemi .
Google Maps' satellite view is a "top-down" or bird's-eye view; most of the high-resolution imagery of cities is aerial photography taken from aircraft flying at 800 to 1,500 feet (240 to 460 m), while most other imagery is from satellites. [5]
The Laponia area also contains three major hydropower stations with belonging basins and a big expansion of 100 wind power stations inside the world heritage area is planned. The highest mountain of the area is Sarektjåhkkå , at 2,089 metres (6,854 ft).
Laponia (Swedish: Lappland) was a historical Swedish province, or landscape, in the north of Sweden. It evolved from Lappmarken . In 1809, Sweden ceded the eastern part , along with Finland , to the Russian Empire , which in effect created a Swedish Lapland and Finnish Lapland .
An unusual, even creepy scene can be spotted on a Google Maps view of a field in Finland, reports The Sun.. While the flat plain may initially appear to be populated with a crowd of colorfully ...
Rovaniemi (/ ˈ r oʊ v ə n i. ə m i / ROH-və-nee-ə-mee, [6] Finnish: [ˈroʋɑˌnie̯mi] ⓘ; Northern Sami: Roavvenjárga [ˈroɑ̯vveˌɲaːrːka]; Inari Sami: Ruávinjargâ; Skolt Sami: Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland.