Uusimaa Province

Province of Uusimaa
Uudenmaan lääni
Nylands län

Province of Finland

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1831–1997

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Coat of arms

Capital

Helsinki

History

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Established

1831

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Disestablished

1997

Area

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1 January 1993

10,404 km² (4,017 sq mi)

Population

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1 January 1993

1,277,932

Density

122.8 /km² (318.1 /sq mi)

The Province of Uusimaa (Finnish: Uudenmaan lääni, Swedish: Nylands län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997.

It was established in 1831, when the County of Nyland and Tavastehus was divided into the Häme Province and Uusimaa Province.

In 1997 it was merged with the Kymi Province and the southern parts of the Häme Province into the new Southern Finland Province.

Provinces of Finland 1634: 1: Turku and Pori, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus, 18: Ostrobothnia, 20: Viborg and Nyslott, 21: Kexholm

Provinces of Finland 1776: 1: Turku and Pori, 4: Vaasa, 10: Oulu, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus, 15: Kymmenegård, 16: Savolax and Karelia

Provinces of Finland 1831: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 6: Mikkeli, 8: Kuopio, 10: Oulu, 13: Viipuri

Provinces of Finland 1996: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 5: Kymi, 6: Mikkeli, 7: Central Finland, 8: Kuopio, 9: Northern Karelia, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland

Provinces of Finland 1997: 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland, 22: Southern Finland, 23: Western Finland, 24: Eastern Finland

Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)

Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)

Degerby
Haaga
Huopalahti
Hyvinkään mlk
Karis lk
Kulosaari

Oulunkylä
Lohjan kunta
Nummi
Pusula
Pyhäjärvi Ul
Tenala

Governors

Johan Ulrik Sebastian Gripenberg 1831
Gustaf Magnus Armfelt 1832–1847
Johan Mauritz Nordenstam 1847–1858
Samuel Henrik Antell 1858–1862
Vladimir Alfons Walleen 1862–1869
Theodor Thilén 1869–1873
Georg von Alfthan 1873–1888
Victor Napoleon Procopé 1888
Hjalmar Georg Palin 1888–1897
Kasten de Pont 1897–1900
Mikhail Nikiforovitsh Kaigorodoff 1901–1905
Anatol Anatolievitsch Rheinbott 1905
Alexander Lvovsky 1905–1906
Max Theodor Alfthan 1906–1910
Eugraf Nyman 1910–1917
Bernhard Otto Widnäs 1913–1917
Bruno Jalander 1917–1932
Ilmari Helenius 1932–1944
Armas-Eino Martola 1944–1946
Väinö Meltti 1946–1964
Reino Lehto 1964–1966
Kaarlo Pitsinki 1966–1982
Jacob Söderman 1982–1989
Eva-Riitta Siitonen 1990–1996
Pekka Silventoinen 1996–1997

Former provinces of Finland

In parentheses are years when provinces were established and disestablished.

1634–1775	Turku and Pori (1634) Nyland and Tavastehus (1634) Ostrobothnia (1634–1775) Viborg and Nyslott (1634–1721) Kexholm (1634–1721) Kymmenegård and Nyslott (1721–1747) Savolax and Kymmenegård (1747–1775)

1775–1831	Turku and Pori (1634) Nyland and Tavastehus (1634–1831) Vaasa (1775) Oulu (1775) Kymmenegård (1775–1831) Savolax and Karelia (1775–1831) Viipuri (1812)

1831–1918	Turku and Pori (1634) Vaasa (1775) Oulu (1775) Viipuri (1812) Häme (1831) Uusimaa (1831) Mikkeli (1831) Kuopio (1831)

1918–1997	Turku and Pori (1634–1997) Vaasa (1775–1997) Oulu (1775) Viipuri (1812–1945) Häme (1831–1997) Uusimaa (1831–1997) Mikkeli (1831–1997) Kuopio (1831–1997) Åland (1918) Petsamo (1921–1921) Lapland (1938) Kymi (1945–1997) Central Finland (1960–1997) Northern Karelia (1960–1997)

1997–2009	Oulu (1775–2009) Åland (1918–2009) Lapland (1938–2009) Southern Finland (1997–2009) Western Finland (1997–2009) Eastern Finland (1997–2009)

Coordinates: 60°10′24″N 24°56′55″E / 60.1733°N 24.9486°E / 60.1733; 24.9486

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