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Aland Region (former administrative division) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 60 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 60.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 020 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 20.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Autonomous province comprising several islands; historically islands have been of great strategic importance due to location at entrance of Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland. Dissolved in 2010 with all of Finland's provinces. |
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| Åland (preferred,C,V,Swedish-P,U,N)
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............ | established in 1998 |
| Ahvenanmaa (C,V,Finnish-P,U,N)
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............ | established in 1998 |
| Ålands Lan (C,V)
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| Ahvenanmaan Lääni (C,V)
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| Åland Islands (C,O)
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| Aland Islands (C,O)
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| Åland-Inseln (C,O)
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| Ålandsöerna (C,O)
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| Ahvenamaa (C,V)
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| AX (C,O)
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| ALA (C,O)
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| ISO248 (C,O)
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| Ahvenanmaan Maakunta (C,U,O,Finnish)
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| Aland (C,U,English)
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| Aland Region (C,U,English-P)
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| Ålands Landskap (C,U,Swedish)
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| Ålands Landskapsstyrelse (C,U,Swedish)
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| FI16 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Landskapet Åland (C,U,Swedish)
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| Aboenses insulae (H,O)
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| Alandia (H,O)
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Place Types: |
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| former administrative division (preferred, C) |
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| autonomous province (H) |
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| first level subdivision (H) |
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| island group (C) |
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