Helsingin kaupunki - Helsingfors stad

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Founded 1550 Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki AreaAluesarjat - Statistics page maintained by the main cities in Greater Helsinki
- Of which land
- Rank 185.32 km²
184.47 km²
ranked 342nd Population
- Density
- Change (year)
- Rank 562,570 (Jun 31 2006)The Population Registre Center of Finland Väestörekisterikeskus,Kuntien väestömäärä aakkosjärjestyksessä 30.6 2006(Finnish Population by municipalities in alphabetical order 30.6 2006)
3,049.7 inh./km²
+ 0.62%(from 2005)
ranked 1st Official languages Finnish, Swedish Urbanisation 99.9% Unemployment 8.9% City Manager Jussi Pajunen Home page www.hel.fi (English)

Helsinki (in Finnish), or Helsingfors (in Swedish; ), is the capital of Finland. It is located in the southern part of Finland on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, at . The population of the municipality of Helsinki is 562,570 (31.06.2006) . The Helsinki urban region contains also the neighbouring municipalities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, which are together called the Capital Region (Finnish: Pääkaupunkiseutu, Swedish: Huvudstadsregionen). This area has about 992,836. citizens. The Greater Helsinki area contains many more municipalities and has a total population of 1,293,093 .

Names and etymology

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Helsingfors is the original name of the modern city of Helsinki, and is still the official Swedish name for the city. However, the Finnish name, Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable: ), has been dominant in other languages for decades. The Swedish name Helsingfors comes from the name of the surrounding parish, Helsinge (source for Finnish Helsinki) and the rapids (in Swedish: fors), which flowed through the original town. The name of Helsinge is thought to come, according to folklore, from the Swedish dwellers who came from the Swedish province of Hälsingland. The city is also called Stadi in the local slang, and Hesa by people who don't live in Helsinki. Helsset is the North Sami name of Helsinki.

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