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Finland (in Finnish, Suomi), republic in
northern Europe, bordered on the north by Norway, on the east
by Russia, on the south by Russia and the Gulf of Finland,
on the south-west by the Baltic Sea, and on the west by the
Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden. Nearly one third of the country
lies north of the Arctic Circle.
Capital - Helsinki 525,031
Population - 5,116,826 (1995)
Languages - Finnish; Swedish
Religions - Evangelical Lutheranism; Finnish
Orthodox
Finland is in the Eastern European Time Zone; Standard Time
is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+2).

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