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North Karelia (or Northern Karelia, Finnish: Pohjois-Karjala; Swedish: Norra Karelen) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of Kainuu , North Savo , South Savo and South Karelia , as well as Russia 's Republic of Karelia .
Karelia (/ k ə ˈ r iː l ɪ ə, k ə ˈ r iː l j ə /; Karelian and Finnish: Karjala [ˈkɑrjɑlɑ]; Russian: Каре́лия, romanized: Kareliya [kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə], historically Коре́ла, Korela [kɐˈrʲelʲə]; Swedish: Karelen [kɑˈreːlen]) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the Soviet era), Finland, and Sweden.
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Joensuu (Finnish: ⓘ; Karelian: Jovensuu; lit. ' river's mouth ') is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Karelia.It is located in the eastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland.
The Province of North Karelia (Finnish: Pohjois-Karjalan lääni, Swedish: Norra Karelens län) was a province of Finland [1] from 1960 to 1997.. It was established in 1960 when it was separated from the Province of Kuopio. [2]
Juuka (Finnish:; Swedish: Juga) is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the North Karelia region.The municipality has a population of 4,158 (31 October 2024) [2] and covers an area of 1,846.58 square kilometres (712.97 sq mi) of which 344.78 km 2 (133.12 sq mi) is water. [1]
The 13 municipalities of the North Karelia Region (Finnish: Pohjois-Karjala; Swedish: Norra Karelen) in Finland are divided on three sub-regions: Joensuu sub-region
The North Karelia Project was worldwide the first public health project for the prevention of cardiovascular disease mortality. It was first conducted from 1972 to 1977 in North Karelia and due to the success from 1977 to 1997 in all of Finland .