Regional State Administrative Agency

Not to be confused with regions of Finland or provinces of Finland.

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The Regional State Administrative Agencies are a set of top-level regional organs of the state of Finland, mainly in charge of basic public services and legal permits. Six agencies took over some of the tasks of the earlier provinces of Finland, which were abolished at the end of 2009. A seventh agency in the autonomous Åland Islands is named the State Department of Åland.

The agencies themselves do not constitute a subdivision of Finland (ISO 3166-2:FI); instead, the first-level subdivisions are the regions of Finland. The other important set of top-level regional state agencies are the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ely-keskus).

Agencies and their regions

Administrative agencies of Finland	Regional office	Secondary offices

Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland Uusimaa, Tavastia Proper, Päijänne Tavastia, Kymenlaakso, South Karelia	Hämeenlinna	Helsinki, Kouvola
Regional State Administrative Agency for Southwestern Finland Southwest Finland, Satakunta	Turku	Mariehamn
Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland Pirkanmaa, Central Finland, Southern Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Ostrobothnia	Vaasa	Tampere, Jyväskylä
Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland Southern Savonia, Northern Savonia, North Karelia	Mikkeli	Kuopio, Joensuu
Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland Northern Ostrobothnia, Kainuu	Oulu
Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland Lapland	Rovaniemi
State Department of Åland Åland	Mariehamn

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Agencies and their regions

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