North Karelia Province
| Province of North Karelia Pohjois-Karjalan lääni Norra Karelens län | |||||||||
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| Province of Finland | |||||||||
| 1960–1997 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Joensuu | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1.1.1993 | 21,585 km2 (8,334 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1.1.1993 | 177,893 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1960 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1997 | ||||||||
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The Province of North Karelia (Finnish: Pohjois-Karjalan lääni, Swedish: Norra Karelens län) was a province of Finland from 1960 to 1997.
It was established in 1960 when it was separated from the Province of Kuopio. In 1997 it was reunited with Kuopio and together with the Province of Mikkeli it was merged into the new Province of Eastern Finland.
Maps
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Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)
- Eno
- Ilomantsi
- Joensuu
- Juuka
- Kesälahti
- Kiihtelysvaara
- Kitee
- Kontiolahti
- Outokumpu
- Lieksa
- Liperi
- Nurmes
- Polvijärvi
- Pyhäselkä
- Rääkkylä
- Tohmajärvi
- Tuupovaara
- Valtimo
- Värtsilä
Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)
- Nurmeksen mlk
- Pielisjärvi
Governors
- Lauri Riikonen 1960–1967
- Esa Timonen 1967–1992
- Hannu Tenhiälä 1992–1997
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Former provinces of Finland
In parentheses are years when provinces were established and disestablished.
- Turku and Pori (1634)
- Nyland and Tavastehus (1634)
- Ostrobothnia (1634–1775)
- Viborg and Nyslott (1634–1721)
- Kexholm (1634–1721)
- Kymmenegård and Nyslott (1721–1747)
- Savolax and Kymmenegård (1747–1775)
- Turku and Pori (1634)
- Nyland and Tavastehus (1634–1831)
- Vaasa (1775)
- Oulu (1775)
- Kymmenegård (1775–1831)
- Savolax and Karelia (1775–1831)
- Viipuri (1812)
- Turku and Pori (1634–1997)
- Vaasa (1775–1997)
- Oulu (1775)
- Viipuri (1812–1945)
- Häme (1831–1997)
- Uusimaa (1831–1997)
- Mikkeli (1831–1997)
- Kuopio (1831–1997)
- Åland (1918)
- Petsamo (1921–1921)
- Lapland (1938)
- Kymi (1945–1997)
- Central Finland (1960–1997)
- Northern Karelia (1960–1997)
- Oulu (1775–2009)
- Åland (1918–2009)
- Lapland (1938–2009)
- Southern Finland (1997–2009)
- Western Finland (1997–2009)
- Eastern Finland (1997–2009)
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