 Finland
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
64 00 N, 26 00 E |
| Area |
total: 338,145 sq km land: 304,473 sq km water: 33,672 sq km |
| Climate |
cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes |
| Terrain |
mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills |
| Population |
5,238,460 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Finnish 92% (official), Swedish 5.6% (official), other 2.4% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2003) |
| Imports |
foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, grains |
| Exports |
machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals; timber, paper, pulp (1999) |
| Hazards |
NA |
| Resources |
timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone |
| Geography |
long boundary with Russia; Helsinki is northernmost national capital on European continent; population concentrated on small southwestern coastal plain |
| Nationality |
noun: Finn(s) adjective: Finnish |
| Capital |
name: Helsinki geographic coordinates: 60 10 N, 24 58 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
| Internet Country Code |
.fi; note - the ICANN has assigned the ccTLD of .ax to the Aland Islands |
| Internet Users |
3.286 million (2005) |
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