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The Central Finland Province (Finnish: Keski-Suomen lääni, Swedish: Mellersta Finlands län) was a province of Finland[1] from 1960 to 1997. The area of the Central Finland Province was the same as the area of Central Finland region.
| Central Finland Province Keski-Suomen lääni Mellersta Finlands län | |||||||||
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| Province of Finland | |||||||||
| 1960–1997 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Jyväskylä | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1 January 1993 | 19,388 km2 (7,486 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1 January 1993 | 255,989 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1960 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1997 | ||||||||
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The Central Finland Province was established in 1960[2] when it was separated from the Vaasa Province. Minor parts of Häme Province, Kuopio Province and Mikkeli Province were also merged to the new province. In 1997 it was reunited with Vaasa and together with the northern part of the Häme Province and the Turku and Pori Province it was merged into the new Western Finland Province.
Maps
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Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)
editFormer municipalities (disestablished before 1997)
editGovernors
edit- Eino Palovesi 1960–1972
- Artturi Jämsén 1972–1976
- Kauko Sipponen 1976–1985
- Kalevi Kivistö 1985–1997
References
edit- ^ Law, Gwillim (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3.
- ^ Enflo, Kerstin (2014). "Finland's regional GDPs 1880-2010: estimates, sources and interpretations". Lund Papers in Economic History (General Issues). 135. Department of Economic History, Lund University.