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- Finland is a republic and a member of the European Union
- Official languages: Finnish and Swedish (Swedish is the native tongue of 5 % of Finns)
- Population: c. 5,300,000
- The capital, Helsinki, has a population of c. 590,000
- The country’s total area is 338,145 km2, 10% of which is water
- The country’s length from north to south is 1,160 km
- There are 336 municipalities (beginning of 2011)
- Finland borders Russia (in the east), Norway (in the north) and Sweden (in the west)
The Lifeinfinland.fi website contains a guide for immigrants that includes information on living and working in Finland, contact information of various officials and basic information about the Finnish culture and society. The guide is available in the following languages:
Finnish
Swedish
English
Russian
French
Spanish
Chinese
Arabic
Useful links
Suomi.fi is a website which offers a wealth of information on public authorities, housing and services in Finland in Finnish, Swedish and English.
thisisFinland is a website which offers information about Finnish society and culture, also statistical information.
Wikipedia , a multilingual web-based encyclopedia, contains a lot of general information about Finland.
The website of Statistics Finland contains statistical information about Finland in Finnish, Swedish and English.