Nylands län

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Nylands län is the Swedish name for the historical province and former administrative region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, encompassing the area around Helsinki and the Gulf of Finland.

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Nylands län canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical province
administrativeCenter Helsinki
borderedBySea Gulf of Finland
capital Helsinki
containsCity Espoo
Hanko
Helsinki
Lohja
Loviisa
Porvoo
Vantaa
containsPartOf Helsinki metropolitan area
linked to: Greater Helsinki

Uusimaa coastal archipelago
correspondsHistoricallyTo Uusimaa (historical province)
correspondsToModernRegion Nyland (modern region)
linked to: Nyland

Uusimaa
country Finland
governingCountryAtAbolition Finland
hasCoastalOrientation south-facing coast on Gulf of Finland
hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Finland
hasHistoricalSignificance early center of Finnish urbanization
important maritime region of Finland
hasNameMeaning New Land in Swedish
hasOfficialLanguage Finnish
Swedish
historicalName Nyland
historicalRegionOf Finland
includesAreaAround Helsinki
locatedBy Gulf of Finland
locatedIn southern Finland
linked to: Southern Finland
locatedInRegion Nordic countries
locatedOn northern coast of Gulf of Finland
locatedOnContinent Europe
modernEquivalentAdministrativeUnit Nyland region of Finland
Uusimaa region of Finland
linked to: Region of Uusimaa
partOfLargerRegion Southern Finland
regionType bilingual region
coastal region
sharesNameLanguage Swedish
SwedishNameFor Uusimaa
timePeriod 19th century
early 20th century
early modern period
usedLanguageForm Swedish administrative terminology
wasAdministrativeUnitOf Grand Duchy of Finland
Kingdom of Sweden

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Nyland hasAlternativeName Nylands län