Åland Islands

Åland Islands Landskapet Åland (Ahvenanmaan maakunta)
Motto: "Islands of Peace"
Anthem: Ålänningens sång
Capital (and largest city)		Mariehamn 60°07′N 019°54′E
Official language(s)		Swedish
Demonym		Ålandic, Ålandish; Swedish: Ålänning/Åländare
Government		Autonomous region of Finland
-	Governor	Peter Lindbäck
-	Premier	Camilla Gunell
Autonomy
-	Declared	1920
-	Recognized	19212
Area
-	Total	13,517 km2 (unranked) 5,219 sq mi
-	Water (%)	88
Population
-	2010 estimate	28,007
-	Density	18.14/km2  46.98/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2007 estimate
-	Total	$1.563 billion
-	Per capita	$55,829
HDI (2007)		0.967 (very high)
Currency		Euro (€)4 6 (EUR)
Time zone		EET (UTC+2)
-	Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Internet TLD		.ax5
Calling code		+358 (area code 18)
1	The governor is an administrative post appointed by the Government of Finland, and does not have any authority over the autonomous Government of Åland.
2	Settled by the League of Nations following the Åland crisis.
3	Åland held a separate referendum and then joined at the same time as the rest of Finland.
4	Until 1999, the Finnish markka.
5	Replacing .aland.fi from August 2006. The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with Finland and the rest of European Union member states.
6	Swedish krona (SEK) is also widely used.

The Åland Islands (Swedish: Åland (pronounced IPA: ['oːland]), Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. It is situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and forms an autonomous, demilitarized, monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province, region and historical province of Finland. It is the smallest province of Finland, comprising 0.5% of Finland's population and 0.49% of land area.