Koillismaa
Koillismaan seutukunta
Location of Koillismaa
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Ostrobothnia
CapitalKuusamo
Population
 (2011)
  Total20,843
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Koillismaa (lit.'North-East Finland')[1] is a subdivision of Northern Ostrobothnia and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009.

Municipalities

Coat of arms Municipality
Kuusamon vaakunaKuusamo (city)
Taivalkosken vaakunaTaivalkoski (municipality)

Geographic region

Koillismaa is also a geographic region, which includes Kuusamo, Taivalkoski, Posio and Pudasjärvi, sometimes also Ranua and Ylikiiminki (which was merged into Oulu in 2009). The name was first used by Reino Rinne, the founder of the newspaper Koillissanomat in 1950, however the name was popularized by Kalle Päätalo in the 1960s.

Dialects

The dialects of Kuusamo, Taivalkoski and Posio are Savonian dialects, specifically Kainuu dialects. Parts of Pudasjärvi also use a Kainuu dialect.[2]

Politics

Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election:

See also

References

  1. Jyrki Muona & Juha Viramo (1986). The coleoptera of the Koillismaa area (Ks.), North-East Finland. Oulu: University of Oulu. ISBN 951-42-2163-X.
  2. "Savolaismurteiden alue". sokl.uef.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on December 13, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2022.

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