Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Finland


Flag of Finland
Short Bio:
  • Name: Soumen Tasavalta (Republic of Finland)
  • An UN-Member?: Yes
  • Capital: Helsinki
  • Continent: Europe
  • Area: 3,38,000 sq.km
  • Population: 53,80,000 (Approx)
  • Religion: Lutheran Church of Finland-82.5%, Orthodox Church-11%, Other Christian-5.4%, Others-1.1%
  • Literacy: (Approx)
  • Language: Finnish, Swedish
  • Currency: Euro
  • Income (Per Capita): $34,401 (Approx)
  • Avg life span: 79.3 years (Approx)
  • Date of Independence: 6th December 1917
  • Government type: Republic
  • President: Ms Tarja Halonen
  • Prime minister: Mari Kiviniemi
  • Chief Mineral Resource: *
  • Principal Crop: Grains, Potatoes
  • Main Industry: Pulp and Paper, Ship building, Machinery, Leather industry.
  • Main exports: Pulp and Paper ,(1/4th of world’s paper exports)
  • Main imports: *
History:
  • Got independence on 6th December 1917.
  • It is a Baltic state and once it was a part of Russian Empire.
  • More than 60% of its people live in urban area.

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