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Regions

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A-L (km2)	C 1990-12-31	C 2000-12-31	E 2005-12-31
<	Åland {Aland}	ÅAL	AReg	Mariehamn	1,555	24,604	25,776	26,766
<	Etelä-Karjala [South Karelia] {Etela-Karjala}	EKA	Reg	Lappeenranta	5,613	141,240	137,149	135,604
<	Etelä-Pohjanmaa [South Ostrobothnia] {Etela-Pohjanmaa}	EPO	Reg	Seinäjoki	13,445	201,670	195,615	193,812
<	Etelä-Savo {Etela-Savo}	ESA	Reg	Mikkeli	14,000	176,089	167,369	160,507
<	Itä-Uusimaa (Östra Nyland) {Ita-Uusimaa}	IUU	Reg	Porvoo	2,761	85,063	89,604	92,933
<	Kainuu	KAI	Reg	Kajaani	21,506	96,957	89,777	85,303
<	Kanta-Häme {Kanta-Hame}	KHÄ	Reg	Hämeenlinna	5,199	162,248	165,307	168,381
<	Keski-Pohjanmaa [Central Ostrobothnia]	KPO	Reg	Kokkola	5,273	71,567	71,292	70,696
<	Keski-Suomi [Central Finland]	KSO	Reg	Jyväskylä	16,542	255,948	263,886	269,575
<	Kymenlaakso (Kymmenedalen)	KYM	Reg	Kotka	5,112	193,919	187,474	185,196
<	Lappi [Lapland]	LAP	Reg	Rovaniemi	92,856	200,674	191,768	185,800
<	Päijät-Häme {Paijat-Hame}	PHÄ	Reg	Lahti	5,127	197,012	197,378	198,975
<	Pirkanmaa	PIR	Reg	Tampere	12,614	423,689	447,051	467,313
<	Pohjanmaa [Ostrobothnia]	POH	Reg	Vaasa	7,748	172,448	173,228	173,627
<	Pohjois-Karjala [North Karelia]	PKA	Reg	Joensuu	17,763	176,836	171,609	168,322
<	Pohjois-Pohjanmaa [North Ostrobothnia]	PPO	Reg	Oulu	35,233	342,948	365,358	378,006
<	Pohjois-Savo	PSA	Reg	Kuopio	16,772	256,781	252,115	250,064
<	Satakunta	SAT	Reg	Pori	7,956	246,330	237,661	229,966
<	Uusimaa (Nyland)	UUS	Reg	Helsinki	6,371	1,147,173	1,304,595	1,359,150
<	Varsinais-Suomi (Egentliga Finland)	VSS	Reg	Turku	10,666	425,282	447,103	455,584
	Finland	FIN		Helsinki	304,112	4,998,478	5,181,115	5,255,580

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	Name	Adm.	UA E 2005-12-31
1	Helsinki	UUS	1,071,599
2	Tampere	PIR	292,288
3	Turku	VSS	246,312
4	Oulu	PPO	171,345
5	Lahti	PHÄ	112,187
6	Jyväskylä	KSO	105,760
7	Pori	SAT	93,220
8	Kuopio	PSA	79,750
9	Vaasa	POH	62,106
10	Kotka	KYM	53,206
11	Lappeenranta	EKA	53,011
12	Joensuu	PKA	52,493
13	Kouvola	KYM	50,667

Table of Urban Areas

	Name	Adm.	UA C 1980-11-01	UA C 1990-12-31	UA C 2000-12-31	UA E 2005-12-31
<	Äänekoski {Aanekoski}	KSO	7,844	9,054	9,613	9,527
<	Forssa	KHÄ	16,781	17,544	19,171	19,140
<	Hämeenlinna {Hameenlinna}	KHÄ	32,607	41,160	45,089	46,112
<	Hamina	KYM	5,264	16,871	16,610	16,755
<	Heinola	PHÄ	14,736	16,740	15,865	15,615
<	Helsinki (Helsingfors)	UUS	680,507	888,871	1,027,305	1,071,599
<	Hyvinkää {Hyvinkaa}	UUS	29,101	36,514	44,868	47,032
<	Iisalmi	PSA	14,027	15,729	15,902	15,623
<	Imatra	EKA	33,779	34,150	31,715	30,523
<	Jämsä {Jamsa}	KSO	12,672	14,629	14,655	14,580
<	Joensuu	PKA	41,887	46,838	51,793	52,493
<	Jyväskylä {Jyvaskyla}	KSO	57,643	84,165	98,510	105,760
<	Kajaani	KAI	27,402	29,587	31,238	30,742
<	Kemi	LAP	21,748	29,604	29,189	28,465
<	Kirkkonummi (Kyrkslätt)	UUS	7,690	10,761	12,986	17,360
<	Klaukkala	UUS	5,330	9,056	11,170	16,652
<	Kokkola (Karleby)	KPO	28,921	31,209	32,439	33,082
<	Kotka	KYM	14,485	51,253	53,094	53,206
<	Kouvola	KYM	30,038	52,575	51,587	50,667
<	Kuopio	PSA	60,547	72,169	78,259	79,750
<	Kurikka	EPO	4,885	10,234	10,106	9,604
<	Kuusamo	PPO	7,615	10,209	9,253	10,534
<	Lahti	PHÄ	58,525	104,649	110,160	112,187
<	Lappeenranta	EKA	44,445	48,000	51,891	53,011
<	Lapua	EPO	7,247	9,150	9,318	9,874
<	Lohja (Lojo)	UUS	13,570	28,591	31,217	32,378
<	Mariehamn	ÅAL	9,227	11,103	11,656	12,053
<	Mikkeli	ESA	27,364	34,070	35,793	35,573
<	Nastola	PHÄ	6,624	12,189	12,056	12,085
<	Nummela	UUS	6,773	9,814	10,783	11,848
<	Oulu	PPO	85,987	112,149	157,605	171,345
<	Pieksämäki {Pieksamaki}	ESA	13,067	16,569	15,378	14,734
<	Pietarsaari (Jakobstad)	POH	19,652	20,676	20,810	20,838
<	Pori	SAT	59,034	76,682	84,575	93,220
<	Porvoo (Borgå)	IUU	22,753	30,536	35,554	35,652
<	Raahe	PPO	16,023	20,852	19,807	19,112
<	Rauma	SAT	29,346	34,106	35,163	34,722
<	Riihimäki {Riihimaki}	KHÄ	21,815	23,561	24,969	25,793
<	Rovaniemi	LAP	28,853	34,853	45,804	46,443
<	Salo	VSS	16,521	23,978	27,599	28,898
<	Savonlinna	ESA	8,694	23,998	23,861	23,555
<	Seinäjoki {Seinajoki}	EPO	23,043	33,592	38,001	41,213
<	Siilinjärvi {Siilinjarvi}	PSA	6,609	10,142	10,176	10,914
<	Tampere	PIR	161,530	218,722	270,753	292,288
<	Tornio	LAP	4,013	16,785	16,975	17,016
<	Turku (Åbo)	VSS	142,771	205,953	239,018	246,312
<	Uusikaupunki	VSS	10,947	12,148	11,339	10,605
<	Vaasa (Vasa)	POH	48,259	56,747	61,090	62,106
<	Valkeakoski	PIR	16,243	17,713	16,736	16,741
<	Vammala	PIR	9,122	10,142	10,373	10,212
<	Varkaus	PSA	14,888	20,203	20,009	21,763
<	Ylistaro	EPO	1,017	2,837	9,916	9,665
<	Ylivieska	PPO	7,208	9,053	10,508	11,034

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