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in Finland:
General: The Republic
of Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Suomen tasavalta,
Swedish: Republiken Finland (help·info)),
is one of the Nordic countries. Situated in Northern
Europe, it shares land borders with Sweden to
the west, Russia to the east and Norway to the
north while Estonia lies to its south. Finland
is bounded by the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of
Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to
the west. The Åland Islands, off the south-western
coast, are an autonomous province of Finland.
Currency: EURO - The
euro is divided into 100 cent. All coins can be
used in all member states. There are €2,
€1, 50c, 20c, 10c, 5c, 2c and 1c coins. All
euro banknotes have a common design for each denomination
on both sides. Notes are issued in the following
values: €500, €200, €100, €50,
€20, €10, €5.
Language: Most Finns
(92%) speak Finnish as their mother tongue, while
the largest minority language is Swedish (5.5%).
To the north, in Lapland, are found the Sami,
numbering less than 7,000, who like the Finns
speak a Finno-Ugric language. There are three
Sami languages that are spoken in Finland: Northern
Sami, Inari Sami and Skolt Sami.
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