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Åland is situated in a Finnish archipelago, called the Åland Islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea. It comprises Fasta Åland, on which 90% of the population resides, [10] and about 6,500 skerries and islands to its east, [11] of which about 60–80 are inhabited.
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The Åland Islands (Swedish: Åland (pronounced IPA: ), Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. It is at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and forms an autonomous , demilitarized , monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province , region and historical province of Finland .
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Åland Islands, archipelago constituting Åland (Ahvenanmaa) autonomous territory, southwestern Finland. The islands lie at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia, 25 miles (40 km) east of the Swedish coast, at the eastern edge of the Åland Sea. The archipelago has a land area of 599 square miles (1,551.
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The Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea have extensive maritime history, warm, sunny weather (compared to the rest of the region), and popular outdoor activities. Although the islands are a part of Finland, they are a self-governing, autonomous territory. The 30,000 islanders (2021) mostly speak a local dialect of Swedish.
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The Åland archipelago consists of several thousands of islands, skerries and desolate rocks. About 60-80 islands are inhabited. [1] In the east, the archipelago is connected to Turku archipelago (Finnish: Turunmaan saaristo, Swedish: Åbolands skärgård) — the archipelago adjacent to the southwest coast of Finland .
The largest island is the main island of Åland, which makes up 70 per cent of the Islands’ total land area and is home to 90 per cent of the population. The longest distance from north to south is 50 km and from east to west 45 km.
