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    Åland - Wikipedia

    Åland is situated in a Finnish archipelago, called the Åland Islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea. It comprises Fasta Åland, on which 90% of the population resides, and about 6,500 skerries and islands to its east, of which about 60–80 are inhabited. See more

    Åland is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, … See more

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    Åland's original name was in the Proto-Norse language *Ahvaland. Proto-Germanic ahwō is related to the Latin word for water, aqua. In Swedish, … See more

    Members of the Neolithic Comb Ceramic culture started settling the archipelago some 7000 years ago, after the islands had begun to re-emerge from the sea after being pushed down … See more

    The State Department of Åland represents the Finnish central government and performs many administrative duties. It has a somewhat … See more

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    The autonomous status of Åland was affirmed by a decision made by the League of Nations in 1921 following the Åland Islands dispute. … See more

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    Åland is governed according to the Act on the Autonomy of Åland and international treaties. These laws guarantee the region's autonomy … See more

    Åland occupies a position of strategic importance, as it commands one of the entrances to the port of Stockholm, as well as the approaches to the Gulf of Bothnia, in addition to being situated near the Gulf of Finland.
    The Åland … See more

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