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| Helsinki – Helsingfors | |
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| Helsingin kaupunki Helsingfors stad City of Helsinki | |
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| Country | Finland |
| Charter | 1550 |
| Capital city | 1812 |
| Area (2009) | |
| • Total | 715.55 km2 (276.28 sq mi) |
| • Land | 213 km2 (82 sq mi) |
| • Water | 502.55 km2 (194.04 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 167th largest in Finland |
| Population | |
| • Total | 610,601 |
| • Rank | Largest in Finland |
| • Density | 2,866.67/km2 (7,424.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www.hel.fi |
Helsinki (Swedish: Helsingfors) is the capital city of Finland. Helsinki is the largest city in Finland. 604,380 (31.12.2012) people live in Helsinki, and 1,360,000 live in the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Helsinki is in the south of Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. The city is in the Uusimaa region. When one looks from Helsinki, Tallinn is on the opposite side of the sea, but it is too far away to see. A poetic name for Helsinki is "the daughter of the Baltic Sea".
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