| Capital: Helsinki |
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| Wednesday,August 15,2007 Posted: 14:43 BJT(0643 GMT) |
| From:Finland Article type:Reproduced |
Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is located in the southern part of Finland on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is 565,186 (30 April 2007). Helsinki's position as the most populous municipality in Finland is clear. While only about 10.8% of the total population of Finland, Helsinki's population is 2.42 times that of the second most populous city Espoo, or 1.29 times that of Espoo and Tampere put together.
Helsinki, along with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, constitutes what is known as the capital region, with over 1,000,000 inhabitants. The Greater Helsinki area contains several additional municipalities and has a population of 1,293,093.
Helsinki is the international gateway of Finland. The city has Finland's largest immigrant population in both absolute and relative terms. There are people from over 130 nationalities resident in Helsinki. The largest groups are from Russia, Estonia, Sweden, Somalia, Serbia, China, Iraq and Germany.
There is a large and varied collection of museums, galleries and performance spaces. The biggest subscription newspaper in the Nordic countries, Helsingin Sanomat, is published daily in Helsinki.
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